vic feazell

Vic Feazell received his BA in Social Work and Religion from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1972, and a law degree from Baylor School of Law in 1979. He was elected to two four-year terms as District Attorney of Waco, McLennan County, Texas, where he was active in the courtroom trying the most difficult and lengthy cases himself. He has tried scores of jury trials, including six capital murder cases and numerous complex civil trials. While earning his reputation as a hard fighting trial lawyer and crusader against corruption, Vic has obtained impressive and record breaking jury verdicts and settlements. Vic Feazell and his accomplishments have been featured on 60 Minutes, A&E Biography, 20-20 Storyline, Hard Copy, Geraldo Rivera, Vanity Fair, D Magazine, The Dallas Observer, and in the Edgar Award winning book Careless Whispers. Mr. Feazell is a member of the American Bar Association, Founding Life Fellow of the Austin Bar Association, Fellow of the State Bar Foundation, Life Member of the National Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, Beverly Hills California Bar Association, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, American Association for Justice, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, Fellow of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, former Chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee of the Austin Bar Association. Vic Feazell has also been recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records for receiving the largest libel award in US history. Drawing on 35 years of legal experience and his work as a mental health and addiction counselor before that, Rhinos Sharks & Unicorns is Vic’s first book.