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By Talmage Boston on September 22, 2016 2016 Presidential Debates The race for the White House is now tied, according to some polls, with fewer than 45 days remaining for undecided voters to make a decision. The tipping point should be Monday night with the first of three debates, when voters can evaluate Hillary […]

By Winstead on October 14, 2016  Talmage Boston Stage Interview with Author Michael Duffy By Mark Curriden, The Texas Lawbook (Oct. 6, 2016) – Talmage Boston had just finished kindergarten when a neighbor in Houston introduced him to the world of baseball cards.  Boston spent hours absorbing the statistics on the back of the cards.  […]

By Talmage Boston on April 6, 2016  Baseball Wisdom for Lawyers Like all lines of work, a lawyer’s career will have some peaks and plenty of valleys.  Maybe a big client goes broke.  Maybe one’s law firm splits.  Maybe a big jury verdict goes the wrong way. Maybe a whole segment of the […]

By Winstead on December 20, 2016 Cross-Examining History What do you get when you mix a seasoned litigator, a presidential history buff and a passionate writer? No, not a bad lawyer joke but the perfect combination of skills needed for author Talmage Boston to pull off his new book, Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets […]

By Winstead on December 2, 2016 Dallas lawyer Talmage Boston’s first brush with presidential history came from his mom’s gift on his seventh birthday: trading cards with photos of presidents and facts about their time in office. The Winstead shareholder took a much deeper dive into the world of presidential historians in more […]

By Winstead on November 21, 2016 Cross-Examining History In honor of the 2016 election, Talmage Boston joined the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles for this episode of “The Modern Law Library.: He talked about this labor of love; the importance of considering historical context when judging a president’s actions; and what past history may tell us […]

By Winstead on October 12, 2016 Cross-Examining History Like many Baby Boomers, watching Perry Mason on TV in the early 1960s became a favorite part of life’s rhythm.  As Raymond Burr entertained us every week during those formative years, another inspirational presence entered the scene when Gregory Peck starred as Atticus Finch in To […]

By Winstead on May 9, 2016  Texas Bar Journal Interviews Talmage Boston(Reprinted with permission of the Texas Bar Journal)   Talmage Boston often wears a pensive look, his eyes slightly squinted and brows furrowed, that suggests he is deep in thought. And chances are, he is. An attorney for almost 38 years as […]

By Talmage Boston on July 10, 2015 Talmage Boston with Dick Thornburgh Before serving as Attorney General of the United States under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, Dick Thornburgh began life in Pittsburgh. There, early in his childhood, he developed an abiding passion for baseball (in general) and the Pittsburgh Pirates […]

By Talmage Boston on April 26, 2013  On April 11, 2013, Talmage delivered his “Raising the Bar” lectures at the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy Lecture Series at the University of Pittsburgh.   The videos for each event are now available as follows: Click here:“What Lawyers and Law Students Can Learn […]

By Talmage Boston on June 1, 2012  Krys Boyd of “Think”, 90.1 FM KERA Dallas, recently interviewed Talmage Boston about his new book, Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society. During the interview Talmage discussed his passion for the legal profession, its history and its crucial problem-solving role in […]

By Talmage Boston on May 28, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized Dallas Morning News editorial columnist William McKenzie sits down with Talmage Boston for a Q&A Session featuring his latest book, Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society.

By Talmage Boston on May 11, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized The May 9 issue of the Dallas Morning News features Talmage Boston who was interviewed by business columnist Cheryl Hall.  During the interview Talmage discusses his new book and some of the lessons learned from the legal careers of important American lawyers, including Leon Jaworski and James A. […]

By Talmage Boston on April 25, 2012  Lawyers with doubts about the legal profession’s value in the American scheme of things need look no farther than Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society (TexasBarBooks 2012).  The book is one lawyer’s vision of what the profession has been, is now, and can […]

By Talmage Boston on April 25, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized The following article will appear in the May issue of the Texas Bar Journal.  The article features an excerpt from Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society recently published by TexasBarBooks. This excerpt is taken from Chapter 2, which is devoted to Leon Jaworski and James A. […]

By Talmage Boston on April 22, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized On Saturday, August 4, Talmage Boston will moderate a panel discussion featuring best selling authors Stephen Carter –  William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University; Jeffrey Toobin – Staff Writer at The New Yorker and Senior Legal Analyst at CNN; and Scott Turow […]