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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The untimely death of noted attorney and admired |
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civic leader Clyde Moody Siebman on March 4, 2021, at the age of 62, |
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brought a great loss to his family, his friends, and the legal |
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community in Texas and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Sherman on November 26, 1958, to Newell and |
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Carol Siebman, Clyde Siebman grew up in Pottsboro and Plano with the |
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companionship of his beloved sister, Annette, and numerous dear |
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cousins; he received a dual bachelor's degree in business |
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administration and psychology at Southern Methodist University, |
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and while completing his juris doctor degree at SMU Dedman School of |
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Law, he met his future wife, Carol Ann Mumm; they became the proud |
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parents of a daughter, Elizabeth, and they were eventually blessed |
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with a granddaughter, Kendall; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman began his career as a law clerk for U.S. |
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District Judge Paul Brown, inaugural judge of the Eastern District |
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of Texas; in 1991, he became a founding partner of Siebman, Forrest, |
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Burg, & Smith, known as Siebman & Siebman during the years he |
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practiced with his wife, before she joined the judiciary; today, |
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the firm has offices in Sherman and four other cities, and the legal |
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team includes his daughter, Elizabeth Siebman Forrest, a named |
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partner, and his niece, Becca Skupin, an associate; and |
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WHEREAS, A national expert in intellectual property law, |
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Mr. Siebman began handling such cases even before the Eastern |
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District became a preferred venue for patent litigation; he was |
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heavily involved in the New York Intellectual Property Law |
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Association, the Leahy Institute of Advanced Patent Studies, and |
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the Sedona Conference; moreover, he was frequently called upon to |
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moderate judicial panels and appear at legal conferences across the |
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country; he also visited Chinese universities with a delegation of |
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attorneys and judges and lectured on U.S. trial practices; among |
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myriad accolades, he was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America |
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as 2018 Dallas/Fort Worth Lawyer of the Year for Patent Litigation |
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and 2020 Dallas/Fort Worth Lawyer of the Year for Copyright |
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Litigation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman regularly represented clients in |
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complex commercial litigation in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of |
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Appeals, as well as other venues, and he served his profession in |
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numerous leadership roles; committed to innovation, he chaired the |
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advisory board of the Institute for Law and Technology and served as |
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an ex officio member of the board; he worked tirelessly in behalf of |
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his colleagues in East Texas, founding the district's bar |
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association and serving as its president; moreover, he was the |
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driving force behind the association's Bench-Bar Conference of the |
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Eastern District of Texas, one of the nation's foremost legal |
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programs, and served as chair for a quarter century; he made further |
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contributions as a member of several Eastern District committees |
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and the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly engaged in civic life, Mr. Siebman served as |
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Republican Party chair in Grayson County and as a member of the |
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State Republican Executive Committee; he energetically supported |
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GOP candidates at all levels and was instrumental in the ascendance |
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of the Republican Party in the county and the state; nevertheless, |
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he was happy to reach across the aisle in the public interest, and |
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he received plaudits in the Eastern District for his work with a |
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prominent local Democrat to fill vacant federal judgeships; in |
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2000, he was a member of the Presidential Electoral College; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman served on the Red River Boundary |
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Commission and played a key role in resolving a dispute between |
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Texas and Oklahoma dating back to the Louisiana Purchase; as |
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conservator of the Riverbend Water Resource District, he helped |
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settle a decades-long legal battle over water issues in East Texas |
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and Southwest Arkansas, and he was appointed in 2017 to the Red |
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River Interstate Compact Commission; he also served as chair of the |
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North Texas Regional Airport Board and of the Grayson County |
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Regional Mobility Authority; and |
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WHEREAS, Clyde Siebman made a tremendous positive impact |
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through his professional and civic contributions, earning the high |
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esteem of all who knew him, but he will be remembered equally for |
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his warmth, integrity, and kindness; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Clyde Moody Siebman and extend |
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sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Clyde Moody Siebman. |