Ronald D. Secrest - In Memoriam

Ronald Dean Secrest, passed away December 2, 2000. Mr. Secrest was born on November 13, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1974. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. From law school, Mr. Secrest clerked for Chief Judge John R. Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ron was a partner of Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., which he helped found in 1992.

Prior to that he was a partner of Fulbright & Jaworski, which he joined in 1978. Ron was active in the Texas Bar Association and Houston Bar Association, and in both the Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Bar Foundation. He was a long-time member of the American Bar Association, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He was also a former Board Member for The Ronald McDonald House.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Miller Benavides Secrest; children, Jacquelyn Nicole Secrest and William Cordell Secrest; step-children, Baltazar Clayton Benavides and Kathryn Lynne Benavides; mother, Corrine Clarke Secrest and mother-in-law, Sylvia H. Miller. Ron was a loving and devoted husband and father.

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Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer's Award

The Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer's Award was established to recognize an active trial lawyer. The firm of Beck, Redden & Secrest established the award in 2002 in honor and memory of Mr. Secrest, a gifted trial lawyer and a founding partner of the firm. The award recognizes a trial lawyer who, in his or her practice, has demonstrated high ethical and moral standards and has demonstrated exceptional professional conduct, thus enhancing the image of the trial lawyer.

The award celebrates Ronald Secrest's life as an outstanding trial lawyer who devoted himself to the highest standards of the trial practice. Criteria: The recipient is to be an active trial lawyer who, by his or her practice, has demonstrated outstanding trial and advocacy skills, has demonstrated high ethical and moral standards, and has demonstrated exceptional professional conduct, thus enhancing the image of the trial lawyer. Past recipients include Knox Nunnally and Robert Q. Keith.