LUBBOCK, TX. (THECOUNT) — We are receiving reports that former Lubbock County Texas District Judge, Brad Underwood, has passed away. He was 65.
Underwood, a graduate of North Texas State, Midwestern State and the Texas Tech School of Law, retired as judge of the 364th District Court in 2014 after his appointment in 1989, reports KCBD.
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Prior to that he was the Judge of the Lubbock County Court at Law No. 2 from 1986 to 1989, wrote KCBD Monday morning.
He is survived by his wife Phyllis, mother Alma, daughter Courtney and granddaughter Lilly, son Jared, brother Tim and wife Mari, and sister Tina and husband Scott.
A cause of death was not immediately provided.
Underwood started his career in 1979 as a law clerk for the Criminal District Attorney’s Office and from 1980 to 1986 served as Lubbock’s assistant criminal district attorney.
He was a past president of the Lubbock County Bar Association and a former member of the Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Foster Care. He was also a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Lubbock County Bar Association.
Underwood worked as a member and director of the Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association and former Director of the Lubbock County Bar Association. He was also a member of the Lubbock Lions Club since 1989.
Underwood also received awards for his charitable work including the One Who Cares Award by KCBD NewsChannel 11 and the Get Involved Award by the Volunteer Center of Lubbock. He also received the Lubbock County Bar Association President’s Commendation for his work on the Bar Association newsletter, the Law Notes.
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