Working with the award winning non-profit organization, Texas Appleseed, Tom has had the opportunity to help honor and tell the life stories of some of the most accomplished members of the Texas legal community. To respect their privacy, links to the individual biographies will only be shared upon request. However, the list of honorees includes: the Hon. Harriet O’Neill, UT President William Powers, Past State Bar President Eduardo Rodriguez, former Exxon VP & General Counsel Charles Matthews, and other prominent attorneys including James B. Sales, Lisa Blue and Fred Baron, Richard Mitthoff, Joe Jamail, Harry Reasoner and Chrys Dougherty. Tom has also helped tell the life story of legendary Texas trial lawyer, Broadus Spivey for the UT School of Law.
In addition to creating video biographies of those listed above, Tom has interviewed a long list of luminaries including: Judges Wayne Justice, Alice Oliver Parrott and Elizabeth Ray and Justices Wallace Jefferson, Thomas Phillips, Craig Enoch; Texas Senators Kirk Watson, Rodney Ellis and Judtith Zaffarini; Past State Bar Presidents James Sales, Colleen McHugh, Broadus Spivey, Eduardo Rodriguez, Martha Dickie and Gib Walton; Journalist Molly Ivins, Coaches Mack Brown, Augie Garrido and their boss, DeLoss Dodds; Mayor and gubernatorial candidate, Bill White, and other notables such as Racehorse Haynes, Robert Strauss, Don Henley and Willie Nelson.
Tom is experienced in getting busy, important people, AND shy and reticent people, to be at ease, natural and conversational in front of his camera. Ask for sample links.
