Blake C. Erskine has dedicated his law practice to seeking justice for those who have been injured and has vigorously worked to improve the lives of those unfortunate enough to have been victims of someone else’s negligence.
Blake graduated at the end of July 2010 from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College (TLC) in Dubois, Wyoming. TLC consists of an intensive three-week curriculum which began in 1994 and has graduated classes of selected trial lawyers from across the United States.
He has sponsored, and held various Board of Directors leadership positions in worthy civic organizations and community service programs, including Longview Hospice, Longview Boys’ Baseball, and East Texas Hope Center.
Education
- University of Texas at Austin, BA degree, 1967
- Baylor Law School, JD, cum laude, 1969
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1969
- Texas Supreme Court, 1969
- United States Supreme Court, 1985
- All four U.S. District Courts in Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Admitted to practice on individual cases in New York, Illinois, Tennessee and Oklahoma
Memberships & Professional Associations
- Alpha Chi, Member
- Baylor Law Review, Editorial Board (1968 – 1969)
- Gregg County Bar Association, Member
- Northeast Texas Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sustaining Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Roscoe Pound Foundation, Fellow
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
