Bio

Talmage Boston

Talmage Boston has practiced law as a commercial trial and appellate litigator in Dallas, Texas, since 1978. He has been board certified in civil trial law since 1988, as well as board certified in civil appellate law since 1990, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Since 1997, he’s been a shareholder at Winstead PC and has been recognized in Texas Monthly as a “Texas Super Lawyer” every year from 2003 to 2011.

A leader of both the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association, Talmage has served as a State Bar of Texas director, as well as chair of the State Bar Litigation Section, Council of Chairs, and Annual Meeting planning committee.  He has also served as the Dallas Bar Association advisory director and chair of the Dallas Bar’s Business Litigation Section.  For his service, he received Presidential Citations from State Bar of Texas presidents every year from 2005 to 2011 and from the Dallas Bar Association president in 2009.

In addition to maintaining his full-time law practice, Talmage has written two critically acclaimed baseball history books, 1939: Baseball’s Tipping Point (foreword by John Grisham, Bright Sky Press, 2005) and Baseball and the Baby Boomer (foreword by Frank DeFord, Bright Sky Press, 2009), and has been inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame as a Media Member.

Talmage’s articles and editorials on legal issues have appeared in The National Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, Dallas Morning News, and Dallas Business Journal.

Talmage and his wife Claire live in Dallas, Texas, and have a son and a daughter.  Talmage can be contacted at 214.745.5462 or tboston@winstead.com.

Past Speaking Engagements:

  • State Bar of Texas - Annual Meeting, Litigation Update Institute, Advanced Civil Trial Seminar
  • Dallas Bar Association, frequent speaker at various events
  • ExxonMobil Legal Department - Fairfax, Virginia & Houston, Texas
  • Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey
  • Southern Methodist University: Cox School of Business and Dedman School of Law - Dallas, Texas
  • Baylor Law School - Waco, Texas
  • The Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, Texas
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame - Cooperstown, New York
  • The Denver Forum - Denver, Colorado
  • The Great Fenway Park Writers Series - Boston, Massachusetts
  • St. Louis Cardinals Legends Camp - Jupiter, Florida
  • Dallas Theater Center Guild - Dallas, Texas


Recent Entries

Rangers resolution is a home run for team
Despite public perception to the contrary, our American judicial system usually fulfills its purpose of providing a mechanism by which…
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Texas Rangers sale - a collision at home plate
Ever since he became Commissioner of Baseball more than a decade ago, what Bud Selig has said about what’s…
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Who was Atticus Finch?
Fifty years ago, first-time author Harper Lee threw a 320-page stone into the ocean of literature, setting off a…
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Childhood hero, cherished friend
Story written in the Dallas Morning News by Kevin SherringtonView Original Story Growing up in Casper, Wyo., in the '50s,…
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