in the FBI, but I knew it also gave me
many other career options, like being
a prosecutor. I also always thought
being a prosecutor would be a dream
job because I had watched several
trials and I just knew that was what
I wanted to do and how I wanted to
spend my time everyday-telling juries
stories about people, what they did,
and showing them how the evidence
connects to prove that something
happened.
PCT: What is your favorite novel?
NR: Blood Will Tell: A True Story of
Deadly Lust in New Orleans by Joe
Bosco.
PCT: What do you do to decompress?
NR: Binge watch “Breaking Bad.”
PCT: What is something people don’t
know about you?
NR: George W. H. Bush kissed me
on the forehead and I am the kick
boxing champion of Oklahoma in
1992.
PCT: What would you most like to be
remembered for?
NR: Being kind, and one hell of an
attorney.
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PCT: If you could have lunch with
any one, either living or dead from
history, who would it be?
NR: My father, Gary Grote.
PCT: If you had to do another job
than what you’re doing, what would
you do?
NR: Purchasing for a major retail
home design store
PCT: What is your impact to Parker
County?
NR: I had a waitress at a local restau-
rant come up to me two weeks ago
at the end of my meal and she said,
“You are a prosecutor aren’t you?”
I said yes. She said, “You sent me
to prison” in an emotionless tone.
Without remembering her or know-
ing what she went down for, I said,
“Well, I hope it was the best thing
that has ever happened to you and
helped you get your life straight.”
She said, “It did. It was rough, but I
am doing better now.” Not everyone
I prosecuted in Parker County will
be able to see it that way, but one at
a time. I have also been blessed by
meeting and getting to know many
many victims, some who still stop by
to say hello or send me funny cards
in the mail. One of those victims is
currently dying of cancer. I feel very
lucky to have been able to bring her
justice (on a cold case, about seven
years after the crimes occurred)
before she passes.
This tiny baby boy grew up asking
the wildest questions, making the
funniest observations, developed into
an adult and all the while, the daily
process was easy to over look. In
hindsight, it was the most amazing
experience because that little boy
that refused to swim with a bath-
ing suit on (like his grandpa) grew
into the wonderful, well-adjusted,
rational, bright and kind-hearted
man he is today. The process of
raising a child with all of its quirks
and challenges has been the most
interesting thing I have ever done in
my life because the end result was a
better outcome than I ever dreamed.
Robert DuBoise
Robert
is the Assistant District Attorney
in Palo Pinto County, Texas and
former Assistant District Attorney
in Parker County.
PCT: What is your definition of the
best day ever?
NR: When I hear the words “life
sentence without parole” on a sex
offender case.
PCT: What’s the best piece of advice
you would give?
NR: Do what you love for a living.
Be who you are, unapologetically.
Embrace your uniqueness and share
your talents with the world. Embrace
the “human experience”- that is the
ups and downs and all the things we
as human beings will experience-
emotionally, physically, mentally; the
tragedies, the triumphs; things with
friends, family, our home, and our
own souls. A dog’s life is a dog’s life.
A human’s life is just that. Know that
as humans we will have bad times
that we can and will get through,
either alone, with God, or with family
or friends. Embrace the hand of cards
life deals you and make the best of it.
PCT: What is the most interesting
thing you have ever done in your
life?
NR: Watching my son, Tucker
Morton, grow from a tiny 6.7 lb.
baby through all the stages of his life.
PCT: How did you get into your
occupation?
RD: I previously lived in San Jacinto
County, Texas, and commuted to
Houston every day where I had my
own law firm practicing civil law. I
got to know the District Attorney for
San Jacinto County through church
activities and formed a friendship
with him. Several years later my
parents here in Parker County had a
chance conversation with a worker at
Costco who told her that the Parker
County District Attorney was look-
ing for an assistant district attorney.
I applied and have been in this area
ever since.
PCT: What is your favorite novel?
RD: The Hunt for Red October.
It appealed to the geek in me and