Fulbright

R. C. Fulbright was a railway regulation expert at a Houston law firm when the partners in the world's largest cotton trader, Anderson Clayton Company, recognized his talent and potential. M. D. Anderson persuaded Fulbright to start an independent practice representing shippers, with Anderson Clayton as his sole client.

To expand his promising, but specialized, practice, Fulbright turned to J. H. Crooker, a litigator and former district attorney. In 1919, they founded what is today one of the largest law firms in the United States.