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Eckels' uncle, Paul Glenn "Buck" Eckels, Sr. (1931-2011), for many years owned the Lawyers Title Insurance Company of Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=150919222|title=Paul Glenn Eckels obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
Eckels' uncle, Paul Glenn "Buck" Eckels, Sr. (1931-2011), for many years owned the Lawyers Title Insurance Company of Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=150919222|title=Paul Glenn Eckels obituary|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
Eckels graduated from Houston Christian High School, the University of Houston, and the South Texas College of Law in Houston. He practices with Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. He is also the president of Texas Central High-Speed Railway, also known as the Lone Star High Speed Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/robert.eckels|title=Robert Eckles|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref> He was formerly affiliated with Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Robert&qmi=A&qn=Eckels&qcs=Houston%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Robert A. Eckels|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
Eckels graduated from Houston Christian High School, the University of Houston, and the South Texas College of Law in Houston. He practices with Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. He is also the president of Texas Central High-Speed Railway, also known as the Lone Star High Speed Rail.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/robert.eckels|title=Robert Eckles|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref> He was formerly affiliated with Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Robert&qmi=A&qn=Eckels&qcs=Houston%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Robert A. Eckels|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
His wife, the former Jet Winkley (born c. 1957), was a [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the Metropolitan Transit Authority while she and Eckels were engaged and he was a state legislator. Eckels said that because of their relationship he avoided sponsoring transit authority bills. The couple has a daughter, Kirby Eckels.<ref name=thesonalsorises/>
His wife, the former Jet Winkley (born c. 1957), was a [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the Metropolitan Transit Authority while she and Eckels were engaged and he was a state legislator. Eckels said that because of their relationship he avoided sponsoring transit authority bills. The couple has a daughter, Kirby Eckels.<ref name=thesonalsorises/>