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David L. Hitchcock |
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September 20, 1950 - October 13, 2005 |
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HITCHCOCK, DAVID L., A
U.S. Marine and founding partner of Hitchcock Evert LLP.
died on October 13, 2005. He was 55. Mr. Hitchcock began
his legal career in active duty service for the United
States Marine Corps and he continued serving in the
Marine Corps Reserve for many years. He retired as a
Major. In 1980, he joined the Dallas law firm of
Richards Medlock & Andrews, now a part of Sidley
Austin Brown & Wood LLP, where he practiced as an
intellectual property lawyer for twenty-five years. In
January, 2005, Mr. Hitchcock co-founded the law firm of
Hitchcock Evert LLP. Mr. Hitchcock, originally of Port
Clinton, Ohio, attended the University of Cincinnati,
graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree, in
Chemical Engineering, and he graduated in 1976 from the
University of Toledo Law School. He was a member of the
Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property
Law Association and an Adjunct Professor of Patent Law
at Texas Wesleyan University since 1995. In addition to
his distinguished career as a lawyer. Mr. Hitchcock was
an avid history buff, equestrian, and Elder of First
Presbyterian Church of Lancaster. He was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Lancaster Historical Society
and he enjoyed scuba diving, farming, welding, black-smithing, and working his two teams of Suffolk
Punch draft horses, Thunder and Lightning, and Franklin
and Lightning. Mr. Hitchcock is survived by his wife
Frances Hitchcock, his brother James Hitchcock, his
nephews Chris and Nick Hitchcock, and his step-mother
Ruth Hitchcock. He was preceded in death by his parents,
the Honorable J. Gareth and Helen E. Hitchcock. Funeral
services will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at
1:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, with
interment following at 3:00 PM at the Dallas Fort Worth
National Cemetery. Family and friends will be received
on Monday, October 17 from 5:00-7:30 PM at the Byrum
Funeral Home. Byrum Funeral Home 425 North Dallas
Avenue Lancaster (972) 227-2121 |
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