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Marshall Simmons, lawyer for the Dallas Cowboys, Dies at 82

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By Mark Curriden

(Jan. 29) – Marshall Simmons, a prominent Dallas trial lawyer who represented the Murchison family and the Dallas Cowboys for more than two decades, died Thursday. He was 82.

Simmons was one of three legendary trial lawyers who reigned over the Dallas corporate legal market from the late 1960s through the 1980s, along with Jim Coleman and Jim Cowles.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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