Philip Ricketts

Philip Franks Ricketts (October 5, 1945 – November 2, 2018) was an American lawyer who served as chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) from 1984 to 1985.

Early life, education, and military service Born in Gatesville, Texas, Ricketts received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University, thereafter serving in the United States Army for two years as a military intelligence officer during the Vietnam War. Ricketts received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, for example in cases in 1974 and 1975 representing Mexican-American students born in Texas, who sought to attend local schools there although their legal guardians remained in Mexico. In 1982, under Governor Bill Clements, he became an assistant attorney general, serving as the Texas Attorney General's Chief of the Utility Section. and in March 1983, Governor White appointed Ricketts as a commissioner of the PUC. having previously informed Governor White "that he did not want to be reappointed to the commission". Ricketts remained with the firm until his death, and practiced energy and telecommunications law.

Personal life and death In December 1972, Ricketts married law school classmate Nancy Overman, with whom he had one son. He died in Austin at the age of 73.