Q&A with Sean Page
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Q&A with Sean Page
Sean Page has spent his entire legal career with Thornton, Biechlin, Reynolds & Guerra, L.C. in San Antonio since graduating from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1992. Prior to law school, Page received his MBA from Southern Methodist University in 1989 and his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1988. Sean was a member of the 12th Man Kickoff Squad and three Southwest Conference championship teams from 1985-87. Page concentrates his practice in the preparation and trial of personal injury and property damage cases, including automobile and trucking litigation, construction defects, and premises liability. He has represented small businesses and franchisors in litigation regarding covenants not to compete and other commercial disputes.
Q: Before becoming an attorney, what was your first job?
A: I worked on a road construction crew, laying asphalt.
Q: What motivated you to pursue a legal career?
A: I was captivated by the concept of justice.
During his playing days at Texas A&M, Sean Page led the charge on the kickoff team.
Q: Who was your chief mentor and how did he or she influence your career?
A: Jackie Sherrill, the head coach of the Texas A&M football team when I played there. He taught his players how to believe in themselves, especially when others did not. He never quit on a player who did not first quit on himself.
Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
A: Win each day. No matter what you have completed, you have traded a precious day of your life for it.
Q: What is one thing you would like to learn to do?
A: Quantum physics, or more realistically, a single guitar chord.
Sean (at left) is pictured during an ocean floor walk in Curacao, an island country in the Caribbean.
Sean Page
Q: What is your proudest career achievement?
A: Setting up a nonprofit foundation for former college football players to fund scholarships as well as the Emory Bellard ALS Clinic in Georgetown, Texas, the Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Dallas, and MD Anderson Hospital in Houston.
Q: What is your most treasured material possession?
A: Southwest Conference and Cotton Bowl Championship rings as well as my father’s 1949 diploma from the Agricultural and Mechanical College in College Station, Texas, with a major in “animal husbandry.”
Q: What is your happiest childhood memory?
A: Being a member of the Texas A&M 12th Man Kickoff Team and playing at Kyle Field against the University of Texas on Thanksgiving night.
Q: What is your favorite movie and book?
A: Tie: Movies: “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “Shawshank Redemption.” Books: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein, and “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” by Mitch Albom (or anything else he wrote basically).
Q: What is the most awe-inspiring place you have visited?
A: Machu Picchu and the Grand Prix at Monaco.
A book-lover, attorney Sean Page finds joy in his home library.
Q: What are your favorite leisure time pursuits?
A: Anything outside or fitness related.
Q: What is your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
A: In life, it is easier to keep fighting, than to quit.
Q: Who is on your guest list for the ideal dinner party?
A: Just me and my wife (except when she is in trial).
Q: What are the top three items on your bucket list?
A: Barcelona, Spain. The Ferrari Florano Circuit, Maranello, Italy.