Charles G. White practices as a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney in Amarillo, Texas. Prior to being licensed as an attorney, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and subsequently attended the Army Officer's Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the Jungle Operations Course in Panama. He later served as a 1Lt. in the DMZ area of Vietnam during 1968.

After completion of his active military service in 1968, he attended law school at Southern Methodist University where he graduated first in his December 1970 class, receiving a JD degree with honors. He was licensed to practice law in Texas in April, 1971. Since 1971 he has been engaged continuously in the practice of law, and has tried a wide variety of cases in state and federal courts, examples of which include litigation involving business disputes, land disputes, civil rights, products liability, patent, wills and estates, building construction, personal injury, professional liability, Federal Tort Claims Act, employment, tax, and election law.

Other Background: To help pay his way through college, he became a licensed journeyman electrician. Upon graduation, he became a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. Athough he has maintained his license as a CPA, he has not practiced accounting since becoming an attorney in 1971. "I just hire them or cross-examine them."

Favorite Quotes:

Ethics: "Live every day so that you can look all men in their eyes, and tell them to go to hell." [Source: Meade Griffin, former Texas Supreme Court Justice].

Confidence: "To be successful, one must have confidence in himself -- He must approach all tasks as if he is the smartest, meanest, and toughest of all -- but if he truly believes all of this, he is a fool." [Source: Charles G. White]

Humility: When one views himself as better than another, he always should be mindful that he and the other (or someone like him) are destined to be room mates at a nursing home someday, at which time society shall categorize them as equals. Therefore, it is never too late to sow the seeds of friendship with those whom you may discover are to be your last and final friends. [Source: Charles G. White]

Hobby: Backpacking in the wilderness. "I was backpacking before the hippies, during the heyday of the hippies, and after they departed the wilderness."