![]() He did not see combat, but while in Korea he lost the ring finger of his left hand when he jumped off a truck and his high school graduation ring caught on part of the frame. After graduating Tech High School (now Fox Tech) in 1944, as a Major in Junior ROTC, he enlisted in the Army. Today he lives surrounded by family, in the garage apartment of the Barrera-Heidemann Ranch, a big, beautiful historic spread outside Boerne that has become the new family compound.Įverything could have turned out quite differently, if it weren’t for Barrera’s mother. and his late wife, Maria del Carmen Zendejas Barrera, raised their kids at Villa del Carmen, a sprawling compound on Vance-Jackson Road which was recently sold for development, despite some neighborhood protests. It is a tight-knit family, and Barrera is, in Bobby’s words, “a ‘Godfather’ figure to our entire extended family family is his number one priority.” Roy Sr. “In his life, he feels we are all intertwined in the love and practice of law,” daughter Carmen said. ![]() ![]() Mary’s University School of Law, Roy Sr.’s alma mater. Great-nephew Stephen Christopher practices law in Floresville, and grandson Jason Shoup recently finished his studies at St. His nephew Gilbert Jr., a former prosecutor, teaches law, and his late nephew Steve, who died last fall, was a lawyer. Grandsons Roy III and Mark, also work with the firm, and granddaughter Marissa, Mark’s twin sister, is married to attorney Lawrence Morales. “We have a lot of fun cussin’ and discussin’ things.”) His son Gilbert earned a law degree, but has chosen a successful career as an artist. (“We got lawyers comin’ out our ears!” Barrera chortles. In addition to Roy, Jr., and Bobby, Barrera’s family tree is loaded with law degrees. Sometimes he boasts that he is starting his own bar association,” says his daughter Carmen Ramirez, his personal secretary for more than 20 years. “My dad celebrates his profession on a daily basis. His friends would say ‘Steve, when are you gonna retire?’ He’d say ‘Retire and do what? Just sit and get old?’ He used to tell me ‘Retiring is like taking a new automobile and putting it up on a jack in the garage. But I inherited this attitude from my dad. “Physically, of course, it’s a different story. “Mentally, I don’t think I ever got beyond 35,” Barrera joked. His hands are steady, his eyes are clear, his bearing is commanding, and his voice is compelling, whether he’s declaiming or joshing with friends. His leonine head of hair is still only streaked with gray. doesn’t just keep up with younger associates. and the late Anthony Nicholas founded back in 1957.īarrera, Sr. Both are respected attorneys who practice with Nicholas & Barrera, the firm Roy Sr. 30, in his favorite place – a courtroom, trying a manslaughter case with his two of his sons, Roy Jr. In fact, he’s planning to spend his 92nd birthday, coming up Jan. has been going strong for more than 90 years now, and he sees no reason to slow down. One of Texas’ longest practicing lawyers is San Antonio’s own Roy Barrera, Sr ![]()
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