Ep 249 | Tom Conner | From Cotton Fields to Courtrooms - His Journey from Farm Life into the Legal Profession
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 249 features Thomas R. Conner, a longtime Texas trial lawyer and the author of From Cotton Fields to Courtrooms. In this episode, Tom shares his personal journey - from growing up working on a farm to finding his path into the law and building a career in the courtroom.
His book is a thoughtful reflection on upbringing, perseverance, mentorship, and the experiences that shape us long before we enter a profession. Tom's story is a reminder that there is no single path to becoming a lawyer - and that discipline, hard work, and guidance along the way can make all the difference.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:16.9 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:35.2 | Welcome to the lawyer stories podcast with Benny Gold. |
| 0:39.5 | Today we welcome Thomas R. Connor, a longtime Texas trial lawyer and the author of From |
| 0:45.4 | Cottonfields to Courterooms. Thomas's story spans humble beginnings growing up on a West Texas |
| 0:52.8 | farm, decades of high-stakes litigation, iconic courtroom |
| 0:57.0 | battles, and deeply personal moments that shaped not only his legal career, but his life. |
| 1:03.4 | This isn't just a book about the law. It's about resilience, ethics, justice, and what it |
| 1:09.0 | really takes to survive and thrive in over 45 years of the practice. |
| 1:13.8 | Thomas, great to have you on. How are you? |
| 1:17.0 | I'm great today, and thank you. It's an honor for you to have me on your show. |
| 1:20.9 | Oh, for sure. Congratulations on your book. You just told me that you got your first copy in your hands. Do you want to hold it up? |
| 1:27.7 | Just show it to us? |
| 1:29.3 | Actually, I've looked at it on the computer for so long. |
| 1:32.5 | Right. |
| 1:33.3 | You actually get a hard copy last night. |
| 1:35.8 | It was a real rush. |
| 1:37.3 | Real rush, yeah. |
| 1:38.5 | Because in fact, in fact, I reread it today as this is the author's copy to see if there's any further corrections. |
| 1:46.1 | And thankfully, after probably having reread most of this book 5,000 times, there were no errors. |
| 1:53.3 | So I was pleased. |
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