Robert Stephen Bickerstaff Jr. (April 15, 1946 – October 4, 2019) was an American lawyer, legal scholar, expert on redistricting, and book author.[1]
Bickerstaff attended the University of Texas at Austin (BA, 1968) and the University of Texas School of Law (JD).[citation needed] He was on active duty as a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force (1971–1973).[2] He served as Parliamentarian of the Senate of Texas (1975–1976)[2] after serving as a counsel for the Texas Constitutional Convention (1974) and the Texas Constitutional Revision Commission (1973).[citation needed] Beginning in 1976, he served as an assistant attorney general of Texas.[2] In 1980, he formed the private law firm of Bickerstaff, Heath and Smiley, now Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado, Acosta.[2] Bickerstaff was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas Law School in Austin, Texas, beginning in 1992.[1]
In 2007, the University of Texas Press published his book Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom DeLay. The book covers the history of the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting and its aftermath.[3] He is also the author or co-author of two books of legal analysis published by the Texas Legislative Council,[2] and author of the forthcoming book Election Systems and Gerrymandering Worldwide (Springer, 2020).[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Korte, Lara (October 5, 2019), "Steve Bickerstaff, former UT law professor and redistricting expert, dies", Austin American-Statesman
- ^ a b c d e Robert S. "Steve" Bickerstaff Jr. (1946–2019) (PDF), Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, retrieved 2019-10-07
- ^ Reviews of Lines in the Sand:
- Hamilton, Arnold (February 23, 2007), "A Lesson in Self-Destruction", The Texas Observer
- King, Michael (March 2, 2007), "Book Review: Readings", The Austin Chronicle
- Kellman, Stephen G. (April 24, 2007), "Texas Coup d'etat", San Antonio Current
- Steinberg, Jonathan H. (August 2007), "Congressional Redistricting, Served Two Ways", Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, 6 (3): 322–328, doi:10.1089/elj.2007.6312
- Cousar, James E. (April 2009), The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 112 (4): 463–464, doi:10.1353/swh.2009.0026, JSTOR 30242457, S2CID 144006420
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- ^ Election Systems and Gerrymandering Worldwide, Studies in Choice and Welfare, Springer, 2020-01-13, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30837-7, ISBN 9783030308360, S2CID 219960046, retrieved 2019-10-07
Further reading
edit- Morris, Angela (October 10, 2019), "Colleagues Remember Steve Bickerstaff: Redistricting Attorney Has Died", Texas Lawyer, Law.com