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 .