Released on: October 2, 2008, 12:52 pm

Press Release Author: Thompson & Knight LLP

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to
announce George C. Chapman is the recipient of the Dallas Bar Association’s (“DBA”)
2008 Morris Harrell Professionalism Award.

Press Release Body: The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to
announce George C. Chapman is the recipient of the Dallas Bar Association’s (“DBA”)
2008 Morris Harrell Professionalism Award. The award will be presented at the DBA’s
Annual Meeting on November 7.

Chapman is Senior Counsel in the Trial Practice Group in Thompson & Knight’s Dallas
office. He obtained his law degree from The University of Texas at Austin, with
honors, and has been practicing with Thompson & Knight ever since. His primary area
of practice is general and commercial litigation.

The award, co-sponsored by the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism and
the DBA, is given annually to the attorney who “best exemplifies, by conduct and
character, truly professional traits who others seek to emulate and who all in the
bar admire … a lawyer who is well respected by his or her peers and makes them proud
of the profession.” Morris Harrell, the award’s namesake, was a former president of
the DBA, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the American College
of Trial Lawyers, and the National Conference of Bar Presidents.

“Receiving this award has a special significance for me, since Morris Harrell was
one of my early mentors. I had the privilege of practicing with Mr. Harrell for
about four years before he left to start Rain Harrell Emery Young & Doke, a
predecessor firm to Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell,” says Chapman.

Chapman was the DBA’s 78th president, where he sought to enhance the working
relationships of lawyers at a time in history mired by attorney acrimony. He
instituted a Professionalism Task Force, which promulgated a “Lawyer’s Creed” and a
set of “Guidelines of Professional Courtesy,” making the DBA the first local bar
association in Texas (and the second local bar nationwide) to adopt such a mandate.
He was also the primary author of the American College of Trial Lawyers “Code of
Pre-trial Conduct,” released in 2003.

Chapman has consistently been honored as one of The Best Lawyers in America® and
among the Texas Super Lawyers®. He is a life member of the Salesmanship Club of
Dallas, an elder at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, and he served as a trustee of
the University of Texas Law School Foundation for 20 years.

“George Chapman is an outstanding example of professionalism, and the legal
community—not just in Dallas, but statewide and nationwide—has benefited from his
commitment to civility,” said DBA President Frank E. Stevenson II. “George leads by
example. As a seasoned litigator with a distinguished career, George demonstrates
that a lawyer can be both thoroughly successful and unwaveringly honorable at the
same time. He is a very deserving recipient of the award named for the man who
personified professionalism.”

About Thompson & Knight

Since 1887, Thompson & Knight LLP has consistently made a positive impact on its
clients’ successes. With its practice focused on the energy industry, the Firm has
extensive resources in litigation, tax, insolvency, and international energy
matters. The Firm has approximately 420 attorneys, and has offices and alliances in
North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Thompson & Knight represents
companies, government entities, and individuals in local, regional, and national
markets around the world.

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Contact Details: Becky S. Jackson
Chief Client Services Officer
Thompson & Knight LLP
One Arts Plaza
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.969.1478
becky.jackson@tklaw.com