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Richard G. Munzinger
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T: (915) 546-8231
F: (915) 546-8333

1100 Chase Tower
201 East Main
El Paso, TX  79901


rmun@scotthulse.com

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 Mr. Munzinger is a senior shareholder, having joined ScottHulse in 1966. He was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, and attended the University of Texas earning his B.A. in 1960 and his L.L.B. in 1966. He is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Munzinger has earned the respect and admiration of his peers and has received the highest ratings available. He has consistently been recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" and a Texas Super Lawyer for many years.

A member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Mr. Munzinger also serves on the Pattern Jury Charge Committee (Business, Commercial.) and previously served on the Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee.

Mr. Munzinger has lectured over many years for the State Bar of Texas on numerous litigation related subjects. He has also participated in continuing legal education activities sponsored by the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the University of Texas Law School, the University of Houston Law School and the South Texas College of Law. He has taught in trial advocacy programs at the University of Texas, Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan.

Mr. Munzinger is a member of the El Paso Bar Association and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.


REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
  • City of El Paso v Darbyshire Steel Co. et al - successful defense of price fixing allegations; reported at 575 F.2d 521
  • Vandenburg v Newsweek - successful defense of defamation claims; reported at 441 F.2d 378 and 507 F.2d 1024
  • Seidenstein v National Medical Enterprises - successful defense of group boycott and monopolization claims; reported at 769 F.2d 100
  • State of Texas v. John Melvin Dorough - court-appointed counsel for defendant in capital murder prosecution; avoided death penalty for accused
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
Litigation
Competition and Antitrust
Media & Communications
Healthcare
 
EDUCATION
University of Texas - 1960
  Bachelor of Arts
University of Texas - 1966
  Juris Doctor
 
ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS
State Bar of Texas - 1966
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas -   1970
United States Supreme Court - 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit - 1983
 
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
"Finally, Some Direction on Defamation Jury Charge," Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference
 



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