Facts: - party: democrat - predecessor: charles robert borchers - branch: united states army - profession: attorney - resting place: calvary catholic cemetery in laredo , texas - death date: 16 october 2008 - spouse: rosario flores garcia - office: district , and dimmit counties , texas attorney of webb , zapata , jim hogg - term end: december 31 , 1988 - name: julio arnoldo garcia , sr. . - death place: laredo , texas - birth place: laredo , webb county , texas , usa - successor: jose m. '' joe '' rubio , jr. . - nationality: american - alma mater: st. joseph 's academy - residence: laredo , texas - children: leticia l. garcia - term start: january 1 , 1981 - footnotes: -lrb- flamboyance and passion in the courtroom and his determination to 1 win the case for each client . his hometown newspaper -rrb- referred to him as a '' legal lion . '' garcia was particularly known for his - religion: roman catholic - rank: lieutenant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of julio a. garcia .
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julio arnoldo garcia , sr. -lrb- july 2 , 1941 -- october 16 , 2008 -rrb- , was a prominent attorney from laredo , texas , defined by a headline writer as a '' legal lion '' known for his passion , shrewdness , and theatrics in the courtoom . ''garcia served from 1981 to 1988 as the democratic district attorney of the 49th judicial district of heavily hispanic south texas .the district then included webb , zapata , dimmit , and jim hogg counties , but it is now confined to webb and zapata counties .