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138. See Joyce & Hoffman, Centered, supra, at 82; Joyce & Hoffman, Leap, supra,
at 119.

139. See Joyce, Driven, supra, at 17–20.

140. John Maurice O’Quinn (b. Houston, Texas, Sept. 4, 1941; d. Houston, Texas,
Oct. 29, 2009) was the founding partner of The O’Quinn Law Firm and a famed Texas
plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer. See id. at 18–20.

141. O’Quinn inquired of the newly elected Executive Editor about more than a
dozen separate financial matters, including a moderate increase in copying expenses,
a recent uptick in the stock market, and the trustworthiness of those responsible for
investing HLR’s endowment funds. Board Report (Apr. 20, 2010) (on file with
Houston Law Review) (quoting the meeting minutes from the fall 2010 board
meeting). As reported by Board 47’s Editor in Chief, Matt Salo:

[O’Quinn] grilled the Executive Editor (Scott Rubinsky) and me over the
state of the Law Review’s finances, but Scott was superb in his responses.
Instead of taking a seat in the horseshoe, Mr. O’Quinn pulled up a chair
right across from Scott and me. He had a reputation of cross examining
board members. I wasn’t as ready with respect to the business aspects of the
Review as I should have been, but Scott was on top of everything and saved
me from embarrassment.

Questionnaire Response, Matt Salo, King & Spalding (Mar. 18, 2012) (on file with
Houston Law Review). Rumor has it that, responding to the young editor’s impressive
performance, O’Quinn offered him a job.

142. The observations below of Marvin Nathan, Larry Pirtle, and Alvin Zimmerman
are drawn from the Decade 1 Oral History of Houston Law Review, moderated by Nathan
(Dec. 14, 2012) (on file with Houston Law Review). Carol Dinkins, who had been slated to
participate in the history, was called out of town on business at the last moment and has
furnished her observations separately. E-mail from Dinkins to Craig Joyce (Apr. 5, 2013)
(on file with Houston Law Review). All quotations are condensed from the originals.

143. Nathan is Senior Partner at Nathan Sommers Jacobs in Houston, specializing
in real estate law, business organizations, and finance. See Joyce, Driven, supra, at 18.

144. Today, Pirtle is Of Counsel, focusing on tax law at Houston’s Gardere Law Firm.
See id.

145. Zimmerman currently is Chair of Zimmerman, Axelrad, Meyer, Stern & Wise,
P.C., in Houston, and is board certified in family law. See id.

146. Dinkins currently is a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP, with offices in Houston
and Washington, D.C., and serves as the firm’s Group Leader for Environmental Practice.
See id. at 17–18.