Meet Charles Spain
Committed to the Law
- Licensed for over twenty years
- Board certified in Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Staff attorney to the Houston Court of Appeals
- Former staff attorney to the Austin Court of Appeals
- Former briefing attorney to the Supreme Court of Texas
- Life Fellow of the American and Texas Bar Foundations
- Graduate of Baylor Law School, Rice University, and Sharpstown High School
Civil Appellate Law
Committed to Service, Justice & Fairness
- Eagle Scout
- Three years as district Scout executive
- Longtime advocate for civil rights
- Co-founder and former chair, SOGII Section of State Bar of Texas
- Wrote federal legislation on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday
- Alzheimer’s caregiver and advocate for autism awareness
- Longtime member Texas State Employees Union, Communication Workers of America Local No. 6222, AFL-CIO
Committed to Texas
- Chair, Texas State Seal Advisory Committee
- Wrote 1993 legislation revising Texas flag and seal
- Founding member, editor, and Fellow of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society
- Documented the origins of the Texas flag in an article for Heritage, the Journal of the Texas Historical Society, and an article in the South Texas Law Review
- Assisted the Texas Historical Commission in designating the standard designs for the Six Flags Over Texas
