State Bar of Texas Immediate Past President Joe K. Longley

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Joe K. Longley has been prolific throughout his legal career in helping pass laws that benefit lawyers and their clients.  

In 1973, Longley co-authored and nurtured the passage of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, together with the private remedies sections of Article 21.21 (now Chapter 541) of the Texas Insurance Code. Since then, he has co-authored Chapters 542 (prompt pay) and 544 (unfair discrimination) of the Insurance Code, the Texas Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, the Texas Home Solicitation Act, and landlord-tenant protections.

Longley has authored numerous seminar papers, taught insurance law at the University of Texas School of Law, and served on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, the District 9 Grievance Committee, and as chair of the State Bar Consumer Law Section, now called the Consumer and Commercial Law Section. In 2011, he received the State Bar Insurance Law Section’s Insurance Legend Award. 

Longley and his wife, Maggie, have three grown children and six grandchildren.

Immediate Past President Longley’s Initiatives

Joe K. Longley has brought various issues to the forefront of the legal community.

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