{"id":1151,"date":"2020-05-29T18:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/?page_id=1151"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:18:56","slug":"charles-pugsley-fincher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/charles-pugsley-fincher\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Pugsley Fincher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1151\" class=\"elementor elementor-1151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c8002e elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c8002e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e039f21\" data-id=\"e039f21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393fe896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"393fe896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fincher-3-25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fincher-3-25.jpg 296w, https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fincher-3-25-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61dcc18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61dcc18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charles Pugsley Fincher<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfed350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfed350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>University of Texas undergraduate Degree,1968 &#8212; Bachelor<br \/>of Arts, Major in History with split Minor in Classical Civilization and Anthropology.<\/li><li>St. Mary&#8217;s University School of Law graduate, J.D., 1971.<\/li><li>Law School Activities: Distinguished Military Graduate, St. Mary&#8217;s R.O.T.C.; Phi Alpha Delta; Presenter at a Saturday seminar for San Antonio High School students at the law school; Presiding Judge of a mock\u00a0 \u00a0 military trial at the law school;\u00a0 Law School Intra-Mural\u00a0football &#8212; Played in first and only game between St. Mary&#8217;s Law School and U.T.S.A. Medical School which was called before it ended because of brawls<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>LAW<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Title attorney with Gene Hurt, 1971.<\/li><li>Nueces County Legal Aid Society 1972-73.<\/li><li>Assistant Cameron County District Attorney, 1974-75;<\/li><li>Weich, Fleming, Uribe &amp; Fincher, 1976-77.<\/li><li>(Owned award-winning graphic design studio during the 1980s)<\/li><li>Roth, Uribe &amp; Fincher, 1991-92<\/li><li>Of counsel to and later partner in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/\">The Allison Law Firm<\/a>\u00a0since 1993 to present, the firm Fincher considers his permanent law home.<\/li><li>Admitted to practice in all the Courts of Texas; Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Southern District; Admitted to practice before Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.<\/li><li>Co-Author of three Texas Bar accredited C.L.E. papers: The first a <em>Premises Liability<\/em> paper with Dana Allison for a State Bar Seminar; And two papers for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association:\u00a0 <em>Lone Star Livestock Collisions <\/em>with Michael M. Guerra and <em>Texas Dog Bites<\/em> also with Michael M. Guerra.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0ARTIST AND WRITER<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lawcomix.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/erwin-chemerinsky-as-chicago-cub.html\">Commissioned by an American Bar Association section to paint<\/a>\u00a0a fantasy illustration of constitutional scholar\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/our-faculty\/faculty-profiles\/erwin-chemerinsky\/\">Dean Erwin Chemerinsky<\/a>\u00a0of U.C. Berkley School of Law in 2008.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lawcomix.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/fincher-cartoon-displayed-at.html\">An exhibit<\/a>\u00a0in the government&#8217;s White Chapel Gallery in London, England, on Churchill&#8217;s bust included two of Fincher&#8217;s cartoons in 2012.<\/li><li>Made an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lawcomix.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/fincher-honorary-member-of-london-based.html\">Honorary Member<\/a>\u00a0of the London-based Society of Mediators in 2014.<\/li><li>Creator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lawcomixhome.blogspot.com\/\">LawComix<\/a>, a cartoon site for\u00a0 lawyers; creator of the monthly lawyer strip Fenwilder &amp; Jones which ran for five years in the ABA Journal; creator of Legal Isms a comic strip about lawyers for the LEXIS company.<\/li><li>Creator, Author and Artist of\u00a0 cartoons, illustrations and op-ed columns published in multiple American newspapers including the Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, Boston Herald, Arizona Star, Idaho Statesman and Des Moines Register.<\/li><li>Also Creator, Author and Artist of\u00a0 illustrations and cartoons that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, the National Law Journal, American Lawyer and the ABA Journal with work featured in over 100 legal publications and textbooks in the USA, England, Canada and Australia and in presentations by lawyers ranging from Hong Kong to Australia to New Zealand, to Los Angeles to New York City, to London to Tel Aviv.<\/li><li>Creator, author and artist of the newspaper political cartoon strip\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thadeusandweez.com\/\">Thadeus &amp; Weez<\/a>\u00a0which ran in Texas in the opinion sections of newspapers for 20 years, including the Houston Chronicle, Austin Statesman, Dallas Times Herald and many others.<\/li><li>Author and Artist of newspaper op-ed pieces and illustrations in the Houston Chronicle, Des Moines Register and Austin American-Statesman, Arizona Daily, Star, Boston Herald\u00a0 ; work reprinted in over 100 legal journals and about 20 college textbooks.<\/li><li>Owner and Creative Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/LawPhrases.com\">LawPhrases.com<\/a>\u00a0an online store for lawyers with law sayings on shirts and other items.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>OTHER INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Jogging &#8212; 4 miles a day with law and life partner Dana Allison.<\/li><li>Daily circuit training with weights.<\/li><li>Animal rescue &#8212; Fincher has three rescue dogs at his house and numerous rescue cats;\u00a0 He also works with Dana Allison in the care of rescue dogs and cats at her horse farm.<\/li><li>Painting with acrylics; working in Adobe Illustrator and in the open source graphics program GIMP.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>MILITARY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Commissioned Second Lieutenant in U.S. Army Reserves 1971.<\/li><li>Honorable discharge in 1978 at the rank of Captain.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf96084\" data-id=\"cf96084\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96bbd6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96bbd6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/?attachment_id=988\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-988\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-988 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mckinnon-2x2-STRK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #c6094d;\">&#8220;<\/span>Sand Man (Charles Fincher)<br \/>is one\u00a0clever creative dude&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sho.com\/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth\/cast\/mark-mckinnon\">Mark McKinnon<\/a>,\u00a0 McKinnon is creator, cohost, and executive producer of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sho.com\/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth\">The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth<\/a>\u201d\u00a0at\u00a0Showtime Networks. He has been\u00a0chief media advisor to five successful presidential primary and general election campaigns,\u00a0\u00a0McKinnon&#8217;s nickname &#8220;Sand Man&#8221; for Fincher comes from Fincher&#8217;s living forever on South Padre Island.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f59e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f59e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/?attachment_id=987\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-987\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-987 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/McGehee-2.2-STRK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #c6094d;\">&#8220;<\/span>Such Talent.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lawtx.com\/our-team\/jack-mcgehee\/\">Jack McGehee<\/a>. McGehee is a trial lawyer and founding partner of McGehee \u2606 Chang, Landgraf. He has been named Texas Super Lawyer for his skills as a trial lawyer. McGehee has been interviewed by Diane Sawyer on ABC News, Prime Time Live and Barbara Walters on ABC\u2019s 20\/20.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5176951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5176951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/?attachment_id=986\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-986 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/theallisonlawfirm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/guerra-2x2-STRK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #c6094d;\">&#8220;<\/span>A superb legal mind.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelmguerra.com\/attorneys\/\">Michael M. Guerra<\/a>, Guerra is founder of the Law Offices of Michael M. Guerra. He has been named Texas Monthly &#8211; Texas Super Lawyer in multiple years, and he was named to The National Trial Lawyers &#8211; Top 100 Trial lawyers. Guerra was selected as the 2018 Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award recipient.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc79a10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc79a10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35e2778\" data-id=\"35e2778\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Pugsley Fincher \u00a0 \u00a0EDUCATION University of Texas undergraduate Degree,1968 &#8212; Bachelorof Arts, Major in History with split Minor in Classical Civilization and Anthropology. St. Mary&#8217;s University School of Law graduate, J.D., 1971. 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