Dick Weekley

Dick Weekley has been active in the real estate business in Houston, Texas since 1971. In 1973, Dick Weekley formed Weekley Properties, a commercial real estate brokerage firm. In 1976, Dick Weekley co-founded Weekley Homes with his brother, David Weekley. Weekley Homes is a privately owned, single-family home building company operating in Houston, Texas, with 2005 sales volume in excess of $1,200,000,000. In 1978, Dick Weekley founded Weekley Development Company, also with his brother, David Weekley, which he currently serves as Chairman. Weekley Development develops and operates shopping centers and other real estate investments in Houston, Texas.

Dick Weekley has been active in civic and community affairs, currently including service on the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Board of the Metropolitan YMCA (and Past Chairman), the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Houston Branch), and the Executive Committee of the Governor's Business Council. Dick Weekley is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a statewide organization dedicated to bringing fairness and balance back to Texas' civil justice system. Dick Weekley is also Co-Founder, President and CEO of the Quality of Life Coalition of Houston.

Dick Weekley attended Southern Methodist University where he graduated in 1967, receiving a BA in Economics. Dick Weekley then served as an officer in the United States Navy. Dick Weekley was a Line Officer aboard the destroyer USS Philip serving a tour of duty in Vietnam and then went to the Flag Staff of the Commander of Amphibious Forces, U. S. Atlantic Fleet.

Dick Weekley is a native of Houston, Texas. He is married to Margaret Neuhaus Weekley and is the father of three children.

Dick Weekley looked anguished on the eve of his most important political moment. Within 24 hours, the Texas House would consider four of the 11 tort reform proposals the Houston businessman had been promoting, day in and day out, for five months.

A look of concern, perhaps a tinge of panic, swept his angular face. The developer had been pulled away from his late, late dinner, learning that a high-level tort reform meeting was occurring with House leaders. Dick Weekley was not included; trial lawyers were there. What did that mean?

Affiliations:

• Greater Houston Partnership
• Quality of Life Coalition
• Texans for Lawsuit Reform
• Weekley Family YMCA
• Weekley Homes
• YMCA of Greater Houston

Other Affiliations:

• Buffalo Bayou Partnership
• Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
• DePelchin Children's Center
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Hermann Park
• Neuhaus Education Center
• Park People
• Trees for Houston

Articles of interest:

• Dallas Morning News, Reformers Still Can Make a Difference
• Fortune Press Release, David Weekley Homes Makes Fortune List, January 9, 2006
• TexasInsider.org, Want The Facts? Want A Balanced Story? Want Honest Journalism? Too Bad!, November 16, 2005
• Townhall.com, Businessman turned Mayor Hailed in Houston, November 5, 2005
• Chronicle, 'ONCE IN A BLUE MOON' There's lots of buzz surrounding bayou park October 13, 2005
• American Enterprise Institute: Can Tort Reform Survive, Oct. 4, 2005
• Texans for Texas, Texas Asbestos & Silica Reform Becomes Law, May 24, 2005
• Plainview Daily Herald, Lawsuit reform group founder speaks here 08-07-2005, Aug 6, 2005
• Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, Texas House passes asbestos legislation, May 11, 2005
• Chronicle, Texas can provide model for healthy asbestos laws State reforms would truly benefit victims By Richard Weekely, March 27, 2005
• The Tort Reform Advocate, TLR Proposes Fair Solution to Asbestos Litigation, January 2005
• Parkside, Hermann Park Projects Update: Donations, Designs and Dedications, Winter 2004
• Chronicle, Texas icons host benefit dinner, November 14, 2004
• The Advocate, New Scientific Study Confirms Most Asbestos Tests Are Wrong, October 2004
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Justice Tom Phillips Led Historic Change On Supreme Court, August 2004
• Chronicle, Houston from a new perspective; Coalition has formed to promote area's natural treasures, April 9, 2004
• The Tort Reform Advocate, A Decade of Political Action, April 2004
• The Tort Reform Advocate, High Court Meets Short Deadline with New Rules, December 2003
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Historic Tort Reform Bill Passes, June 2003
• Chronicle, Epicures looking forward to 220 Main debut, March 24, 2003
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Our Agenda for the 2003 Texas Legislative Session, Spring 2003
• The Tort Reform Advocate, TLR Civil Justice Day: Designed to Write Texas History, February 2003
• Chronicle, THE RACE FOR CITY HALL 2003; Fix-it man Bill White to join mayor's race, February 2, 2003
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Our Right to Arbitration is Under Nationwide Attack, Fall 2002
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Bringing Fairness and Balance to Texas Civil Justice Laws: TLR's 2003 Legislative Agenda, Summer 2002
• Chronicle, 'Green Tie Affair', April 24, 2002
• The Tort Reform Advocate, TLR'S 10,000th Supporter, "Something has to be done.", Spring 2002
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Report on the 77th Legislature, Fall 2001
• Chronicle, Brotherly love; New YMCA ground-breaking a family affair, November 1, 2001
• Texas Worker's Comp Advisor, Commissioner, Insurers Agree on 'Clean Claims' Restitution, August 16, 2001
• El Paso Times (El Paso, TX), Group works to end exorbitant lawsuits, November 18, 1999
• Houston Business Journal, Home builder Weekley buys tract for headquarters building, April 18,1997
• The Tort Reform Advocate, TLR'S Legislative Day - A Great Success!, February 1997
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Senators Shapiro and Lucio honored, September 1996
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Celebrating a victory, preparing for next battle, November 1995
• Dallas Morning News, Both sides of lawsuit reform issue have mobilized quickly - Networking, grass-roots efforts come into play,April 2, 1995
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Weekley & TLR: Briefings for lawsuit-reform supporters, March 31 1995
• The Tort Reform Advocate, Texas State Senators file lawsuit reform bill package, January 1995