Fulbright Mourns Passing of Partner, Ron Bliss.HOUSTON -- Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is saddened to announce the passing of our good friend and partner, Ronald G. Bliss. He died Feb. 8 at the age of 61 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Bliss was a decorated Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. fighter pilot who flew 35 missions before being shot down Sept. 4, 1966. He was captured and spent 6 1/2 years in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner-of-war camp. Bliss was one of 20 U.S. POWs whose story of torture and long imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. was told in the 2000 documentary, Return with Honor. Among his many medals awarded for military service were two Silver Stars for Valor valor a rodenticide no longer marketed because of toxicity in horses causing dehydration, abdominal pain, hindlimb weakness, inappetence, fishy smell in urine. Called also N-3-pyridyl methyl N1-p-nitrophenyl urea. , a Distinguished Flying Cross, two Purple Hearts and the POW Medal. He was later inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame and was a director of the Veterans' Museum in Texas, as well as a member of the 4th Allied POW Wing. "Ron's courage, integrity and good humor inspired all of us," said Steven B. Pfeiffer, chair of Fulbright & Jaworski's Executive Committee. "It was an honor and a joy to work with him these past 28 1/2 years, and we will all miss him greatly." After his release in March 1973, Bliss served as a flight instructor at Holloman Air force Base Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Otero County, about 6 miles SW of Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is the home of the 49th Fighter Wing. 49th Fighter Wing The 49th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Holloman Air Force Base. in New Mexico, then earned a law degree at Baylor University in 1976. He joined Fulbright & Jaworski the same year and became a partner in the firm in 1984. Bliss headed the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Department for 15 years. His legal practice included litigating, licensing, and strategic counseling to clients regarding patents, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, and copyrights. Bliss has been selected for The Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who in America and was ranked among the top attorneys in Intellectual Property in Texas according to Chambers & Partners, USA. He was named a "Texas Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Law in the November 2003 and November 2004 issues of Texas Monthly. Ron Bliss was born in Buckeye, Ariz., and grew up in Cheyenne, Wyo. He received a B.S. in Engineering Sciences in 1964 from the United States Air Force Academy United States Air Force Academy, at Colorado Springs, Colo.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. air force; authorized in 1954 by Congress. and graduated from pilot training in 1965 and advanced fighter training in 1966. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Founded in 1919, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is a leading full-service international law firm, with approximately 900 attorneys in 11 offices in Houston, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, D.C., Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Antonio, Hong Kong, London and Munich. Fulbright provides a full range of legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to both domestic and foreign clients worldwide. For more information, visit www.fulbright.com. |
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