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Timothy T. Pridmore

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Mr. Pridmore prosecutes and defends business and personal injury litigation for individual and corporate clients in both state and federal courts. As to some of his corporate clients, Mr. Pridmore acts as their general counsel. This includes litigation, transactional, and employment related services. He is a member of the Texas Bar, Texas Bar Foundation, is a Master of the Texas Tech Inn of Courts, and was previously on the Lubbock County Young Lawyer’s Board of Directors. He was also selected to the National Order of Barristers and was named a Business Litigation Super Lawyer in 2023. Mr. Pridmore won two National Moot Court Championships and Best Brief award while attending South Texas College of Law in Houston. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University in 1989. While attending Texas Tech University, he worked for Dean Witter Reynolds as an Account Executive, where he obtained his securities license.

Professional Experience:

McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, LLP Partner, 1993 – present

Practice Areas:

Civil litigation in federal and state courts, with a concentration in commercial/business, employment and personal injury litigation, oil and gas litigation and corporate/transactional related work.

Education:

South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1993

Advocacy Scholarships; American Bar Association National Moot Court Champion; Vanderbilt University; National Moot Court Champion;

Phi Delta Phi (Honorary Legal Fraternity)

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics (1989) Sigma Chi Fraternity

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

United States Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. District Courts:

Northern District of Texas Western District of Texas Eastern District of Texas

United States Bankruptcy Court

National Security Licenses

Series 7 and 63, 1988-1993

Professional Organizations:

Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow

National Order of Banisters

American Inns of Court, prior Executive Board, Master of the Bench

State Bar of Texas, Member, Litigation Section

Lubbock County Bar Association, Member and Executive Board Member, 2023 – Present

Prior Officer and Board of Directors/Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association, Nominated for Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Legal and Advocacy Awards:

Texas Lawyer Verdicts Hall of Fame 2013, Top Texas Verdicts 2012

National Order of Barristers

Speaker and presenter at various conferences

Civic Services:

North Overton Tax Increment Finance, Reinvestment Zone Board, Vice Chair

Texas Tech Spurs Society

Lubbock Area Foundation Board, Past Board Chair, Director/Executive Committee – Friends of the Foundation

Museum of Texas Tech University Museum Association Trustee (Prior)

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Maestro Circle 2013-2014 Lubbock Assembly Club (Prior)

Prior Midwest Little League Coach & Board of Directors  (Prior)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Past Elder, Deacon and Teacher

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors (Prior)

Texas Tech University Chancellors Council Advisory Board of Directors (Prior)

Texas Tech University Library Board (Prior)

Texas Tech Museum Acquisition Board (Prior)

Numerous charitable and political work and events

R. Michael McCauley, Jr.

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Mr. McCauley was admitted to the Texas bar in 1996. Mr. McCauley was also admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 2020 and the Oklahoma Bar in 2021.  He prosecutes and defends general civil litigation in federal and state courts, with this primary emphasis in commercial/business transactions and litigation, banking law, oil and gas transactions, personal injury litigation, administrative law, bankruptcy law for creditors, professional malpractice and insurance defense. He represents both corporate and individual clients, and has been involved in prominent litigation throughout the State of Texas. He also assists his clients with their needs in structuring business entities and negotiating business ventures and transactions.Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, 

     Partner, 2001-Present

     Associate, 1996-2000

     Law Clerk, 1995-1996

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

     Juris Doctorate Degree, cum laude, 1996,

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

     Bachelor of Art (English), 1993

LICENSES

Supreme Court of Texas

New Mexico Supreme Court

Oklahoma Supreme Court

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Courts

     Northern District of Texas

     Southern District of Texas

     Western District of Texas

     Eastern District of Texas

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

State Bar of Texas

Texas Bar Foundation

Life Fellow Lubbock County Bar Association

Texas Association of Bank Counsel

Texas Tech University Inn of the Court

     Executive Committee, 2022-2024

     Master, 2015-Present

     Barrister, 2013-2015

Farm, Ranch & Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute

      Chairman, 2004-2005

     Committee Member, 2000-2010

West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association: Pro-Tem Secretary, 1999-2000

Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association

     President, 2001-2002

     President-Elect, 2000-2001

     Treasurer, 1999-2000

     Secretary, 1998-1999

Legal Research Board, Texas Tech University, School of Law, 1995-1996

The Texas Bank Lawyer, 1994-1996; Student Editor, 1995-1996

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

South Plains Food Bank

     Audit Committee, 2023 – Present

     Vice Chair, Finance Committee, 2022 – 2024

     Executive Board Member, 2020 – 2022

     Stewardship Committee Chairman, 2020 – 2022

     Stewardship Committee, 2018 – 2022

     Board of Directors, 2018-Present

     Summer of Sharing Committee Member, 2012 – Present

Majors Ranch Property Owners’ Association

     President, August, 2022 – Present

     Director,  July, 2022 – Present

Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD): Executive Committee, 2015-2020

ARCS Foundation, Inc., Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, Advisory Board 2002-2003

Frenship Youth Baseball Coach, 1997-2007

VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Volunteer Representative Florida Tallahassee Missions, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7/1987-6/1989

AWARDS

Texas Lawyer Verdicts Hall of Fame, 2013

Top Texas Verdicts in 2012 ($118,000,000)

Outstanding Young Lawyer, Lubbock County, 2001-2002 John H. Splawn, Jr., Memorial Endowed Scholarship

American Jurisprudence Award (Legal Research and Writing), 1993

Eagle Scout

Gwynn P. Martin

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Mrs. Martin primarily practices in the areas of general commercial transactions, real estate, probate, trust and estate planning, non-profit organizations and banking law. She graduated from Lubbock Christian University magna cum laude in 1986 with a degree in Business Administration. Mrs. Martin later graduated with honors from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1997. Mrs. Martin has served as an officer and director of Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association and as an Officer and Director of South Plains Trust and Estate Council. She has been associated with the firm since her graduation.

Practice Areas:

Probate

Trust Law

Estate Planning

Real Estate

Commercial Law

Banking Law

Non-Profit Organizations

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence (1997), Cum Laude

Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas

Bachelor of Science (1986), Magna Cum Laude

Licenses:

United States District Court: Northern District of Texas

Professional Organizations:

Lubbock County Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association: Director, 1999-001; Secretary 2001-2002

Texas Association of Bank Counsel

South Plains Trust and Estate Council: Director: 2008 to present; Officer (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Awards:

Lubbock County Bar Association and Legal Aid of Northwest Texas: 2003 John Crews Bro Bono Lawyer of the Year

 

James L. Stevens

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Mr. Stevens works on Real Estate and Probate issues for individuals and corporate clients. Mr. Stevens worked as corporate counsel for Stewart Title of Lubbock, Inc., for seven years before joining the firm. As such, he developed expertise in curing title defects as well as valuable experience in complex real estate transactions. Mr. Stevens represents several area and regional banking institutions focusing on commercial loans. Mr. Stevens also works closely with title companies in the Lubbock area.

Practice Areas:

Real Estate

Banking

Probate

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence (1997), Cum Laude

West Texas A&M University (WTAMU), Canyon, Texas

Bachelor of Science, Major – History, Minor – Physics (1994)

Magna Cum Laude

Licenses:

United States District Court: Northern District of Texas

Supreme Court of New Mexico

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas

Lubbock County Bar Association

Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association

Civic Services:

Boy Scouts of America: Scout Master, Troop 550

Eagle Scout

Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Southern California

Todd J. Johnston

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Mr. Johnston was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2005 and the New Mexico Bar in 2016. Mr. Johnston’s primary emphasis is in business and consumer bankruptcy law representing both creditors and debtors. Mr. Johnston also practices in the areas of general commercial/business transactions and litigation, banking law, personal injury litigation, probate, trust and estate planning. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Johnston served as both an intelligence officer and instructor in the United States Air Force. He completed his military service in 2002 after a seven year career highlighted by his involvement in the U-2 aerial reconnaissance program and a ROTC professorship at Louisiana State University.

Practice Areas:

Bankruptcy

Commercial/Business Transactions and Litigation

Banking Law

Personal Injury Litigation

Estate Planning

Probate

Education:

The University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence (2005)

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

Masters in Public Management, Finance (1997)

United States Air Force Academy

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Bachelor of Science, Economics (1995) Distinguished Graduate, ranked 20/994

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Court:

Northern District of Texas

Southern District of Texas

Western District of Texas 

Supreme Court of New Mexico

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit United States District Court, District of New Mexico

Professional Organizations:

Lubbock Area Bar Association–Board Member

West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association — President (2011-12 & 2018-19)

Civic Services:

St. Johns Legal Clinic

Usher, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

St. Paul’s Trustee

Jack P. Driskill

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Jack P. Driskill 

Mr. Driskill is the managing partner of the Firm. He heads the banking and commercial law section of the Firm. He has extensive experience in the representation of financial institutions. He is a founding member of the Texas Bank Lawyers Association and has served as a Director on two different occasions.

Mr. Driskill has a sophisticated transactional practice and serves as general counsel of several companies, including developers and owner of apartment projects. The transactional practice is focused on real estate, oil & gas and the structuring of business entities.

Mr. Driskill also works with high net worth individuals and families in their estate planning through the use of family limited partnerships and generation skipping trusts to transfer their family business and assets from generation to generation.

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Tech Law Review in 1970-1971 and was the highest ranking graduate of his class from law school. He earned his Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Chemistry, from Texas Tech University in 1964 and worked as a geophysicist for Amoco for four years.

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law

Lubbock, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1970

Editor in Chief – Texas Tech Law Review

Rank 1/50 (highest weighted cumulative average) Order of the Forum (Honorary Legal Fraternity) Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics (1964)

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

United States District Court

Northern District of Texas

United States Court of appeals, Fifth Circuit United States Claims Court

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas, Member

Lubbock County Bar Association

American Bar Association

Texas Association of Bank Counsel (Director 1992-1995; 2016-2019)

Civic Services:

North Overton Tax Increment Finance District Chairman of the Board

Texas Tech University

Chancellor’s Council

D. Thomas Johnson

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Mr. Johnson is a general litigator with extensive experience in insurance, railroad, and professional malpractice defense and business litigation. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He served as President of the Lubbock County Bar Association, Director of the State Bar of Texas, and Trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation. He graduated from Indiana University and from the University of Texas Law School in 1966.

Education:

University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1966 Phi Alpha Delta (Legal)

Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana B.A., 1961

Licenses:

United States Supreme Court Supreme Court of Texas

United States Court of Appeals For the Fifth Circuit

For the Eleventh Circuit For the Federal Circuit United States District Court

Northern District of Texas Eastern District of Texas Western District of Texas Southern District of Texas

United States Court of Claims

Certification:

Board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas

Board of Directors 1984-87

Member, Litigation Section, Tort and Compensation Section, and School Law Section

Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Member, Advisory Commission

Civil Trial Law, 1979-84

Chairman, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Committee on Legal Specialization Texas Bar Foundation

Sustaining Life FellowTrustee 1987-90 Lubbock County Bar Association

Treasurer 1970-71

Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1976-78

Board of Directors 1973-75, 1977-81 President 1979-80

American Board of Trial Advocates

Bar Association of Fifth Federal CircuitFederation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Association of Defense Trial Attorneys

Texas Association of Defense Counsel National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel

Bryan K. Greer

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Bryan K. Greer was admitted to the Texas bar in 2021, and primarily practices in the areas of trust and estate planning, probate, real estate, and general commercial transactions. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting as well as a Master of Science in Accounting before graduating cum laude from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 2021. Prior to attending Texas Tech, he graduated from Lubbock-Cooper High School and served in the Middle East as a member of the United States Marine Corps infantry.

Professional Experience:

McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, LLP

Associate, 2022 – Present

 

Ernst & Young US, LLP

Associate, 2021-2022

 

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

Juris Doctorate Degree, 2021, cum laude

 

Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business

Master of Science, Accounting, 2018

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, 2018

 

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

 

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas

Lubbock Area Bar Association

Texas Young Lawyers Association

 

Volunteer and Pro Bono Service:

Texas Tech University School of Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

Student Representative, 2020

 

 

David Rice

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Mr. Rice graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Tech School of Law. He was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review and served as a staff member and as an Articles Editor. While at Texas Tech, Mr. Rice worked in the Low-Income Tax Clinic providing representation to low-income individuals against the Internal Revenue Service where he received a distinction award for academic achievement. Prior to attending Texas Tech School of Law, Mr. Rice attended Hardin-Simmons University where he played collegiate soccer and was selected as a Senior Captain for the team.

Professional Experience:

McWhorter, Cobb, and Johnson, LLP

Associate, 2022-Present

Law Clerk, 2022

44th Civil District Court

Judicial Intern, 2020

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 2022 – J.D.

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Distinguished Award for Academic Achievement – Texas Tech School of Law, Low Income Tax Clinic

Pro Bono Honors Award – Texas Tech School of Law

Law Review: Texas Tech Law Review, 2020-2022

Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, 2019 – B.A.

Hardin-Simmons Men’s Soccer: 2015-2019

Senior Captain: 2018-2019

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas

Awards:

Eagle Scout, Troop 86, Amarillo, Texas

Kimberley Farnsworth

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Ms. Farnsworth is admitted to the Texas and Utah bars with experience in wills and estates, business formation, mediation, and transactional law. She received her juris doctorate from the J. Reuben Clark School at Brigham Young University in 2022, and she finished her Bachelor’s in Music Performance, specializing in piano, from Brigham Young University in 2019. Ms. Farnsworth previously lived in Lubbock for several years in her childhood and has always wanted to return to Texas.

Professional Experience:

McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, LLP

Associate, 2022 – Present

Education:

Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Juris Doctorate, 2022

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance), 2019, cum laude

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

Supreme Court of Utah

Professional Organizations:

State Bar of Texas

State Bar of Utah