By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
A committee of the Baylor Law Alumni Association has named David Guinn, who is in his 48th year of teaching at Baylor Law School, the 2013 Baylor Lawyer of the Year.
“David Guinn, along with Matt Dawson and the late Dean Angus McSwain, is one of the great mentors I have had in my career,” Baylor Law School Dean Brad Toben said in a statement. “I would never have found my way to teaching and back to Baylor Law School if it had not been for those three men.”
Guinn, who’s known by the Baylor Law School family as “the Godfather” for his influence on state policy and generations of Baylor lawyers, teaches courses in constitutional law and the areas of civil rights and local government. While at Baylor Law, Guinn has also assisted in the drafting of the Texas Administrative Procedures Act and has served on numerous advisory bodies in the State Bar.
After Guinn graduated from Baylor Law School in 1963, he went to work for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for two years. Shortly thereafter, he received is LLM in international law from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966 before returning to Baylor to teach.
“I tell all my young people that the most important thing to securing a job is to find something that you really enjoy doing,” Guinn said in a statement. “You will never be good at it if you don’t enjoy it. No one on this Earth ever had a job they loved more than I love mine.”
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