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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Greg Alan Waldrop
|image=Greg Alan Waldrop of TX.jpg
|birth_date=April 13, 1962
|birth_place=Lamesa, Dawson County<br>[[Texas]], USA
|death_date=May 5, 2021 (aged 59)
|death_place=[[Austin]], Texas
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=Lamesa High School<br>
[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>
UT School of Law
|religion=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Judge]] of the Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Place 2s
|governor=[[Rick Perry]]
|term_start=2005
|term_end=September 2010 (resigned)
|residence=Austin, Texas
|spouse=Debra Denise Woodson Waldrop (married c. 1990-2021, his death)
|children=Duncan Waldrop<br>
Evan Pierce Waldrop
}}
'''Greg Alan Waldrop''', also known as '''Alan Waldrop''' (April 13, 1962 – May 5, 2021), was from 2005 to 2010 a [[judge]] of the Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Place 2, which encompassed twenty-four counties, in the [[Austin]] area, including Bastrop, Hays, Travis, and Williamson. He was also an active musical arranger.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=Greg Waldrop Obituary (1962 - 2021) - Austin, TX - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (legacy.com), accessed May 17, 2021.</ref>
==Backgrouind==
Waldrop was born in Lamesa in Dawson County in West Texas to Gordon V. Waldrop, I (1933-2013),<ref>Gordon V Waldrop (1933-2013) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 17, 2021.</ref> and the former Barbara Fay Drennan (1934-2020; the parents later divorced.<ref>Obituary | Barbara Fay Drennan Waldrop | Muffley Funeral Home, Inc. accessed May 17, 2021.</ref>. He was reared on a [[cotton]] farm on the South Plains. He graduated in 1980 as the valedictorian of Lamesa High School,<ref name=obit/> where he met his wife of thirty years, the former Debra Denise Woodson.<ref>Debra Waldrop (Denise), 56 - Austin, TX Background Report at MyLife.com™, accessed May 17, 2021}}</ref> He worked his way through the [[University of Texas at Austin]] by managing a cotton farm in Dawson County. He graduated in 1984 from UT with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Plan II Honors Program, with concentration in philosophy. In 1987, he obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School.<ref name=obit/>
==Career==
His first work in the law was as a briefing attorney at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, based in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]. He then joined the Austin firm of Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & LaBoon (later Locke Liddell & Sapp) in September 1988, at which he was an attorney and partner in the litigation section. From 1993 to 2000, he was a lecturer and adjunct [[professor]] of trial advocacy at UT Law School. In 2005, [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] appointed his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]] to serve as a justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals in Austin<ref name=obit/>. After his appointment, he was elected the next year in 2006 to the court for a full term. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jim Sybert Coronado, 248,916 votes (51.3 percent) to 236, 314 (46.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 7, 2006.</ref>
Judge Waldrop resigned from the bench in September 2010, with more than two years remaining in his term. Instead, he returned to Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. From 2015 until his death, he was a partner at Terrill and Waldrop, in which capacity he engaged in high-stakes litigation for many clients. He was particularly skilled with his cross-examination of witnesses. His advocacy skills were motivated by his sense of justice and the search for truth.<ref name=obit/>
==Musical arranger==
Outside the legal profession, Waldrop had multiple talents and interests. An avid reader, he excelled at music, woodworking, sailing, chess, pool, darts, poker, and dancing. He studied [[piano]] throughout his childhood and teenage years and played trumpet in his high school band. At UT, he played trumpet in Longhorn Band and sang tenor with the UT Varsity Singers. For a quarter century, the music director of the Bar & Grill Singers, in which role he spent countless hours arranging music. He performed at the Paramount Theater in Austin and in functions across the county. From 2009 to 2016, he directed two youth bands founded by his sons Duncan and Pierce and their friends, for whom he was the vocal coach, music director, arranger, and producer.<ref name=obit/>
In addition to his wife and sons, Judge Waldrop had two surviving brothers, Gordon Waldrop, II, and Stan Waldrop. A third brother, Brant Waldrop, is deceased.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waldrop, Greg]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
|name=Greg Alan Waldrop
|image=Greg Alan Waldrop of TX.jpg
|birth_date=April 13, 1962
|birth_place=Lamesa, Dawson County<br>[[Texas]], USA
|death_date=May 5, 2021 (aged 59)
|death_place=[[Austin]], Texas
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=Lamesa High School<br>
[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>
UT School of Law
|religion=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Judge]] of the Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Place 2s
|governor=[[Rick Perry]]
|term_start=2005
|term_end=September 2010 (resigned)
|residence=Austin, Texas
|spouse=Debra Denise Woodson Waldrop (married c. 1990-2021, his death)
|children=Duncan Waldrop<br>
Evan Pierce Waldrop
}}
'''Greg Alan Waldrop''', also known as '''Alan Waldrop''' (April 13, 1962 – May 5, 2021), was from 2005 to 2010 a [[judge]] of the Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Place 2, which encompassed twenty-four counties, in the [[Austin]] area, including Bastrop, Hays, Travis, and Williamson. He was also an active musical arranger.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=Greg Waldrop Obituary (1962 - 2021) - Austin, TX - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (legacy.com), accessed May 17, 2021.</ref>
==Backgrouind==
Waldrop was born in Lamesa in Dawson County in West Texas to Gordon V. Waldrop, I (1933-2013),<ref>Gordon V Waldrop (1933-2013) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 17, 2021.</ref> and the former Barbara Fay Drennan (1934-2020; the parents later divorced.<ref>Obituary | Barbara Fay Drennan Waldrop | Muffley Funeral Home, Inc. accessed May 17, 2021.</ref>. He was reared on a [[cotton]] farm on the South Plains. He graduated in 1980 as the valedictorian of Lamesa High School,<ref name=obit/> where he met his wife of thirty years, the former Debra Denise Woodson.<ref>Debra Waldrop (Denise), 56 - Austin, TX Background Report at MyLife.com™, accessed May 17, 2021}}</ref> He worked his way through the [[University of Texas at Austin]] by managing a cotton farm in Dawson County. He graduated in 1984 from UT with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Plan II Honors Program, with concentration in philosophy. In 1987, he obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School.<ref name=obit/>
==Career==
His first work in the law was as a briefing attorney at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, based in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]. He then joined the Austin firm of Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & LaBoon (later Locke Liddell & Sapp) in September 1988, at which he was an attorney and partner in the litigation section. From 1993 to 2000, he was a lecturer and adjunct [[professor]] of trial advocacy at UT Law School. In 2005, [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] appointed his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]] to serve as a justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals in Austin<ref name=obit/>. After his appointment, he was elected the next year in 2006 to the court for a full term. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jim Sybert Coronado, 248,916 votes (51.3 percent) to 236, 314 (46.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 7, 2006.</ref>
Judge Waldrop resigned from the bench in September 2010, with more than two years remaining in his term. Instead, he returned to Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. From 2015 until his death, he was a partner at Terrill and Waldrop, in which capacity he engaged in high-stakes litigation for many clients. He was particularly skilled with his cross-examination of witnesses. His advocacy skills were motivated by his sense of justice and the search for truth.<ref name=obit/>
==Musical arranger==
Outside the legal profession, Waldrop had multiple talents and interests. An avid reader, he excelled at music, woodworking, sailing, chess, pool, darts, poker, and dancing. He studied [[piano]] throughout his childhood and teenage years and played trumpet in his high school band. At UT, he played trumpet in Longhorn Band and sang tenor with the UT Varsity Singers. For a quarter century, the music director of the Bar & Grill Singers, in which role he spent countless hours arranging music. He performed at the Paramount Theater in Austin and in functions across the county. From 2009 to 2016, he directed two youth bands founded by his sons Duncan and Pierce and their friends, for whom he was the vocal coach, music director, arranger, and producer.<ref name=obit/>
In addition to his wife and sons, Judge Waldrop had two surviving brothers, Gordon Waldrop, II, and Stan Waldrop. A third brother, Brant Waldrop, is deceased.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waldrop, Greg]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Musicians]]