The Hon.

Nathan

L.

Hecht

Nathan L. Hecht is the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas after 36 years' service,  the longest in the Court's  history. He led the Court’s efforts to assure that Texans living below the poverty level, as well as others with limited means have access to basic civil legal services.  He also oversaw revisions to the rules of administration, practice, and procedure in Texas courts and  served on the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Hecht earlier served on the Texas Court of Appeals and the District Court in Dallas. Before taking the bench, he was a partner in the law firm of Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely in Dallas; a law clerk for Roger Robb, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; and a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps.

Elected to ALI in 1988, Hecht has participated in the Members Consultative Groups for the Model Penal Code: Sentencing, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, and Torts: Apportionment of Liability.