Readin’, Writin’ and Rodeo

Litigation isn’t Staton Childers’ only passion. Education, rodeo and barbecue are also high on the priority list. 

His involvement with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo lets him combine all four—while paying a past opportunity forward. 

“The HLSR state FFA scholarship gave me, a young kid from New Braunfels who raised pigs and lambs, the opportunity to go to college,” explains Childers, a partner at Adams and Reese in Houston, where he practices defense-side civil litigation. As a youth, he was active in Future Farmers of America and showed pigs at the HLSR. The scholarship led him to Texas A&M University, where he earned a bachelor’s in agricultural economics, then worked as a purchasing agent at Blue Bell Creameries before pursuing his passion for law at the University of Houston Law Center.

After moving to Houston, he joined HLSR, “with the intent to help give others the same opportunity I was given.” Soon he was serving on the organization’s Legal Advisory Committee, which created a barbecue team for lawyers and judges. “Sharks R Us is dedicated 

to great barbecue, raising money for education, and having a great time with others in the Houston legal community,” Childers says. Sharks R Us competes annually in the HLSR World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest.

“For many, rodeo means great performers, bull riding and fried Oreos,” says Childers, “but for so many kids, it represents an opportunity to go to college.”