Austin attorney Roger D. Hepworth of the Texas Law Firm Henslee Schwartz donated $9,995.00 to the Yes on 8 campaign. While Mr. Hepworth certainly has a freedom of association, and while we wish he would accord GLBT citizens similar civil rights, what is especially troubling is that one of his firm's principal clients, as noted on the firm website, is America International Group, which today received yet more support from American taxpayers. One can only wonder how much of this taxpayer funded bailout will trickle down to Mr. Hepworth, one of Henslee Fowlers's founding partners, and be used to deprive American taxpayers of basic Human rights.
The Law Firm's Website is http://www.hfhslaw.com/
AIG is identified as a client here:
http://www.hfhslaw.com/...
The database provided by the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/...
Contributor name Roger Hepworth
Occupation Lawyer
Employer HENSLEE SCHWARTZ
City Austin
State or country TX
ZIP
Position Support
Amount $9,995.00
Payment type
Transaction date 11/1/2008
Committee name Protectmarriage.com - Yes On 8, A Project Of California Renewal
Mr. Hepworth's personal profile on the firm websites reveals that "civil rights" is one of his principal areas of practice.
http://www.hfhslaw.com/...
Henslee Schwartz' Austin office is:
816 Congress Avenue
Suite 800
Austin, Texas 78701-2443
(512) 708-1804
(800) 969-7444
Fax (512) 708-9037
Dallas:
6688 N. Central Expressway
Suite 850
Dallas, Texas 75206
(214) 219-8833
(800) 690-5456
Fax (214) 219-8866
Fort Worth:
306 W. 7th Street, Suite 1045
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817) 810-0717
Fax (817) 810-0811
(866) 810-0717
Houston:
3200 S.W. Freeway
Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 552-1693
(877) 552-1693
Fax (713) 552-1697
San Antonio:
First National Bank Tower
6243 IH 10 West, Suite 550
San Antonio, Texas 78201
(210) 734-3444
(866) 889-1533
Fax (210) 734-3445
The name principals of the law firm are Susan A. Schwartz in the Dallas office and Donald G. Henslee in the Houston office.
The new government aid to AIG, Mr. Hepworth's client, is reported here:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
The federal government announced on Monday an overhaul of its bailout of the insurance giant American International Group, saying it would purchase $40 billion of the company’s stock, after signs that the initial bailout was putting too much strain on the company.
Just the facts.