Bob Wortham charted an impressive legal career before landing in Beaumont’s 58th District Court. Since he grew up in the port city, it makes sense that a ship had something to do with him becoming a lawyer.

After Wortham earned a government degree in 1971 from Lamar State College of Technology, his friends and college professors encouraged him to get a law degree, but he didn’t have the cash for tuition. So he looked to the sea for help.