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Williamson: Justice Brett Busby, Why do lawyers cost so much?
January 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CST
Why do lawyers cost so much? The case for regulatory reform of the legal profession.
This month at True Texas Project we will be hearing from Justice Brett Busby who was appointed by Governor Abbott to the Supreme Court of Texas in 2019. This presentation will cover the need for regulatory reform of the legal profession and the need to increase the supply of quality legal services so that Texans can afford to get representation to pursue their rights and defend their liberties. There are very powerful and entrenched special interests who want to protect their monopoly on providing legal services by keeping the supply low so their prices and profits stay high. Come hear this eye opening presentation!
Speaker: Brett Busby
Tuesday, January 13th
Ross Kecseg Room, 1501 Leander Dr. Leander, TX 78641
6:00pm – Prayer gathering (open to all)
6:30-8:00pm – meeting
No dues. No fees. No memberships. No RSVPs
About Brett Busby:
Justice Brett Busby was appointed to the Court by Governor Greg Abbott in 2019, confirmed unanimously by the Texas Senate, and elected to a full term in 2020. He previously practiced as an appellate litigator in Houston, served on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals and the Texas Multi-District Litigation Panel, and taught at U.T. Law School as an adjunct professor.
Justice Busby is a seventh-generation Texan, third-generation Eagle Scout, and life-long violinist who grew up in Amarillo and Austin. After graduating with high honors from Duke University and Columbia Law School, he served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White (Ret.) and John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, and to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
In private practice, Justice Busby presented oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court and handled dozens of appeals in that Court, the Supreme Court of Texas, and federal and state appellate courts. He is board certified in civil appellate law, and his fellow Texas appellate lawyers elected him as Chair of the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section in 2018. He has also served as Chair of the Texas Bar Committee on Pattern Jury Charges (Business, Consumer, Insurance, and Employment) and as a Director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Justice Busby oversees the work of the Texas Access to Justice Commission and Foundation, which help assure that Texans with limited means have access to basic civil legal services. He received the 2022 Judicial Civic Education Award from the American Lawyers Alliance for his work on the Teach Texas judicial civics program, a partnership with the Houston Bar Association and the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society that sends lawyers and judges to teach seventh graders about our court system and Texas legal history. The Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists named him Appellate Judge of the Year in 2018.
Justice Busby and his wife Erin, a clinical professor at U.T. Law School, met as law clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court. They have two children.
His current term ends December 31, 2026.
