Richard Weekley

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Affiliations:

• Greater Houston Partnership
• Quality of Life Coalition
• Texans for Lawsuit Reform
• Weekley Family YMCA
• Weekley Homes
• YMCA of Greater Houston

Other Affiliations:

• Buffalo Bayou Partnership
• Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
• DePelchin Children's Center
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Hermann Park
• Neuhaus Education Center
• Park People
• Trees for Houston

Dick Weekley has been active in the real estate business in Houston, Texas since 1971. In 1973, he formed Weekley Properties, a commercial real estate brokerage firm. In 1976, he co-founded Weekley Homes with his brother, David Weekley. Weekley Homes is a privately owned, single-family home building company operating in Houston, Texas, with 2005 sales volume in excess of $1,200,000,000. In 1978, Dick Weekley founded Weekley Development Company, also with his brother, David Weekley, which he currently serves as Chairman. Weekley Development develops and operates shopping centers and other real estate investments in Houston, Texas.

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Reformers Still Can Make a Difference

Dick Weekley looked anguished on the eve of his most important political moment. Within 24 hours, the Texas House would consider four of the 11 tort reform proposals the Houston businessman had been promoting, day in and day out, for five months.

A look of concern, perhaps a tinge of panic, swept his angular face. The developer had been pulled away from his late, late dinner, learning that a high-level tort reform meeting was occurring with House leaders. Dick Weekley was not included; trial lawyers were there. What did that mean?

Articles of interest:

• Texans for Lawsuit Reform Announces PAC Director Departure, Houston Chronicle, April 26, 2006
  Richard W. Weekley, Chairman and CEO of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, said, "Matt has been a key to TLR's success. He is conscientious, principled and exceptionally capable. All of us value Matt's contribution to our organization -- he is a person you can count on, no matter how tough the going or how strenuous the effort. We are thankful that Matt has been with us as PAC Director and we look forward to his contributions to the Texas civil justice system as a consultant to Texans for Lawsuit Reform."
• Dallas Morning News, Reformers Still Can Make a Difference
• Fortune Press Release, David Weekley Homes Makes Fortune List, January 9, 2006
• TexasInsider.org, Want The Facts? Want A Balanced Story? Want Honest Journalism? Too Bad!, November 16, 2005
• Townhall.com, Businessman turned Mayor Hailed in Houston, November 5, 2005
• Houston Chronicle, 'ONCE IN A BLUE MOON' There's lots of buzz surrounding bayou park October 13, 2005
• American Enterprise Institute: Can Tort Reform Survive, Oct. 4, 2005
• Texans for Texas, Texas Asbestos & Silica Reform Becomes Law, May 24, 2005
• Plainview Daily Herald, Lawsuit reform group founder speaks here 08-07-2005, Aug 6, 2005
• Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, Texas House passes asbestos legislation, May 11, 2005
• Houston Chronicle, Texas can provide model for healthy asbestos laws State reforms would truly benefit victims By Richard Weekely, March 27, 2005
• The Advocate, TLR Proposes Fair Solution to Asbestos Litigation, January 2005
• Parkside, Hermann Park Projects Update: Donations, Designs and Dedications, Winter 2004
• Houston Chronicle, Texas icons host benefit dinner, November 14, 2004
• The Advocate, New Scientific Study Confirms Most Asbestos Tests Are Wrong, October 2004
• The Advocate, Justice Tom Phillips Led Historic Change On Supreme Court, August 2004
• Houston Chronicle, Houston from a new perspective; Coalition has formed to promote area's natural treasures, April 9, 2004
• The Advocate, A Decade of Political Action, April 2004
• The Advocate, High Court Meets Short Deadline with New Rules, December 2003
• The Advocate, Historic Tort Reform Bill Passes, June 2003
• Houston Chronicle, Epicures looking forward to 220 Main debut, March 24, 2003
• The Advocate, Our Agenda for the 2003 Texas Legislative Session, Spring 2003
• The Advocate, TLR Civil Justice Day: Designed to Write Texas History, February 2003
• Houston Chronicle, THE RACE FOR CITY HALL 2003; Fix-it man Bill White to join mayor's race, February 2, 2003
• The Advocate, Our Right to Arbitration is Under Nationwide Attack, Fall 2002
• The Advocate, Bringing Fairness and Balance to Texas Civil Justice Laws: TLR's 2003 Legislative Agenda, Summer 2002
• Houston Chronicle, 'Green Tie Affair', April 24, 2002
• The Advocate, TLR'S 10,000th Supporter, "Something has to be done.", Spring 2002
• The Advocate, Report on the 77th Legislature, Fall 2001
• Houston Chronicle, Brotherly love; New YMCA ground-breaking a family affair, November 1, 2001
• Texas Worker's Comp Advisor, Commissioner, Insurers Agree on 'Clean Claims' Restitution, August 16, 2001
• El Paso Times (El Paso, TX), Group works to end exorbitant lawsuits, November 18, 1999
• Houston Business Journal, Home builder Weekley buys tract for headquarters building, April 18,1997
• The Advocate, TLR'S Legislative Day - A Great Success!, February 1997
• The Advocate, Senators Shapiro and Lucio honored, September 1996
• The Advocate, Celebrating a victory, preparing for next battle, November 1995
• Dallas Morning News, Both sides of lawsuit reform issue have mobilized quickly - Networking, grass-roots efforts come into play,April 2, 1995
• The Advocate, Weekley & TLR: Briefings for lawsuit-reform supporters, March 31 1995
• The Advocate, Texas State Senators file lawsuit reform bill package, January 1995