The award is named in honor of Patrick A. Nester, of Driftwood, Texas, the Director of the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program and TexasBarCLE from 1986 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2016. The award is to honor a Texas attorney for outstanding achievement in CLE as a course director, speaker, author, creator of a new course, or in this case, dedicating an entire career to enhancing legal education for lawyers on a state and national level.
The Patrick A. Nester Outstanding Achievement in CLE Award
2017 Recipient – John F. Nichols, Sr.
John F. Nichols, Sr., has been a trailblazer, a prolific author, and a legal mentor in the Houston community and throughout Texas for over 50 years. John is one of the 13 founding members of the Texas Bar College. He specializes in family law, civil trial law and personal injury trial law. John has been named one of the “Best Matrimonial Lawyers in America” by several publications as well as one of Houston’s Top Lawyers and a Texas Super Lawyer.
John has written over 175 articles and taught over 100 classes and seminars. He is affiliated with the State Bar of Texas, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. Among many awards and honors, John is a past recipient of the prestigious State Bar of Texas Gene Cavin Award that recognizes long-term contributions to continuing legal education.
Born on October 13, 1941, in Houston, Texas, John obtained a B.S. from Rice University in 1964 and a J.D. from the University of Houston in 1967. He is a Certified Texas family law specialist.
Past Recipients
2016
Patrick A. Nester
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