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| | Address | | First City Tower, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300 | | Houston, Texas 77002-6760 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 713-758-2222 | | Fax: 713-758-2346 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.velaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Vinson & Elkins LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Admiralty, Administrative/Environmental, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Communications, Corporate Finance and Securities, Energy, Health, Infrastructure, Insurance, International, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Municipal, Oil and Gas, Patent, Privatization, Project Finance, Public Finance, Public Policy, Real Estate, Taxation, Trademark and Copyright, Trust, Utility Law and White Collar Crime. | | Year Established: 1917 | | Firm Size: 790 |
Other Office Locations of Vinson & Elkins LLP
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
Tokyo, Japan
Moscow, Russia
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Wm. A. Vinson (1874-1951). | | James A. Elkins (1879-1972). | | Wharton E. Weems (1890-1961). | | David T. Searls (1905-1972). | | Joseph C. Dilg (Member) born Dallas, Texas, April 1, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1973); University of Texas (J.D., with High Honors, 1976). Texas Law Review, 1974-1976 (Note and Comment Editor, 1975-1976). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Listed: Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers 2002-2003 in both the "Energy and Natural Resources" and "Corporate/M&A" fields; Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers in corporate and energy and natural resources law (2003-2004); Euromoney's Best of the Best, Expert Guide, 2002, as one of the top energy and natural resources lawyers in the world; The Best Lawyers in America in corporate and international trade and finance law (2003-2004); Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Resources Lawyers in oil, gas, and electricity law. Practice Areas: Energy; International Business Transactions; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Joseph C. Dilg | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Charles L. Almond (Member) born Cleveland, Tennessee, September 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas; 1990, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Exempt Finance. Email: Charles L. Almond | | Christopher B. Amandes (Member) born Seattle, Washington, February 6, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1976; M. Environmental Engineering, 1978); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1985). U.C.L.A. Law Review, 1983-1985 (Chief Article Editor, 1984-1985). Order of the Coif; Tau Beta Pi. Law Clerk to the Hon. John R. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1985-1986. Listed in: 1995— editions, The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law; 2003— editions, Chambers & Partners USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Environmental Law; 2005— editions, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Environmental Law; 2003— editions, Texas Monthly Super Lawyers, Environmental Law. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Keystone Conference), Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Natural Resources; Regulatory Law; White Collar Crime. Email: Christopher B. Amandes | | Kenneth M. Anderson (Member) born Payson, Utah, December 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. BYU Law Review, 1980-1982 (Associate Editor, 1981-1982). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Project Finance; Structured Finance; Finance. Email: Kenneth M. Anderson | | Ronald T. Astin (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah, July 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1979, Texas; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: University of Utah (B.S., cum laude, 1970; M.A., 1972); University of Chicago (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Finance. Email: Ronald T. Astin | | Larry G. Barbour (Partner) born Brookhaven, Mississippi, March 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B. cum laude, 1972); New York University (M.B.A., 1974); University of Texas (J.D. with high honors, 1977). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Listed: Chambers and Partners' Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers, Banking and Finance Law, 2005-2007; Chambers and Partners' Chambers USA; America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003-2006, Banking and Finance; Euromoney's 2005, 2003 and 2001 Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in America 2003-2007, International Trade and Finance; Euromoney's 2004, 2001 and 1999 Guides to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers; Texas Monthly: Texas Super Lawyer, Banking and Finance Law, 2004-2006. Practice Areas: Finance(100%). Email: Larry G. Barbour | | Walker W. Beavers (Member) born Wewoka, Oklahoma, April 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University; University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1978); Columbia University (J.D., 1982). Phi Eta Sigma. Member: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Eminent Domain; Property Law. Email: Walker W. Beavers | | Dennis Alan Beck, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, January 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Sociology and Political Science, 1994); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1995-1997. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Internet Law; Electronic Commerce. Email: Dennis Alan Beck, Jr. | | Douglas S. Bland (Member) born Middletown, Ohio, June 5, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1981); University of Michigan (J.D., 1984). Michigan Law Review (Associate Editor, 1982-1983, and Contributing Editor, 1983-1984). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Listed Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers; Listed since 1996 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law; Chambers Global's, The World's Leading Lawyers, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Electric Power; Project Finance and Development; Energy; International Business Transactions. Email: Douglas S. Bland | | Michael C. Blaney (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1988, District of Columbia; 2001, Texas. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1981); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Computers and Software; Biotechnology; Energy. Email: Michael C. Blaney | | Bruce A. Blefeld (Member) born Dallas, Texas, May 29, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif; Alpha Lambda Delta; Beta Kappa Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; Houston Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Actions; Computers and Software. Email: Bruce A. Blefeld | | Judith M. Blissard (Member) born Dallas, Texas, December 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: University of Houston (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1984; J.D., cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif; Beta Alpha Psi. Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Taxation; International Taxation. Email: Judith M. Blissard | | Brian R. Bloom (Member) born Toronto, Canada, October 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1982); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1984). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Taxation. Email: Brian R. Bloom | | Steven R. Borgman (Member) born Ames, Iowa, February 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Iowa State University (B.S., 1983); University of Iowa (J.D., with high distinction, 1986). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Pi Mu. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Outsourcing; Computer Technology; Trademarks; Internet Law; Electronic Commerce. Email: Steven R. Borgman | | Brett E. Braden (Partner) born Springfield, Illinois, October 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology; University of Kansas (B.A., with honors, 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law; Contracts. Email: Brett E. Braden | | James Mark Brazzil (Partner) born Baytown, Texas, May 15, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Sam Houston State University (B.A., 1980; M.A., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1989). Texas Law Review, 1987-1989 (Notes Editor, 1988-1989). Practice Areas: International Business Transactions; International Finance; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Law. Email: James Mark Brazzil | | Charles F. Caldwell (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, September 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1985); University of Virginia (J.D., 1990). Journal of Law and Politics, 1988-1990 (Editor-in-Chief, 1989-1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. George P. Kazen, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1990-1991. Member: Energy Bar Association (Past President of Houston Chapter). Special Agencies: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Practice Areas: Federal Energy Regulation; Energy; Administrative Law; Energy Contracts; Common Carrier Law. Email: Charles F. Caldwell | | Boyd G. Carano (Partner) born Brawley, California, August 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; 1999, District of Columbia; 2000, New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: International Business Transactions; Acquisitions and Divestitures; Energy; Project Finance. Email: Boyd G. Carano | | Edward A. Carr (Member) born Borger, Texas, July 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1984); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1987). U.C.L.A. Law Review, 1985-1987 (Editorial Board, 1986-1987). Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Securities. Email: Edward A. Carr | | John L. Carter (Member) born Clayton, New Mexico, October 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1970; J.D., cum laude, 1973). Southwestern Law Journal, 1971-1973 (Editor-in-Chief, 1972-1973). Order of the Coif; Barristers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities; Contracts; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: John L. Carter | | Trina Hill Chandler (Member) born Los Angeles, California, February 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Finance. Email: Trina Hill Chandler | | Nicole E. Clark (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 2001, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Nicole E. Clark | | Fielding B Cochran, III (Partner) born Corpus Christi, Texas, November 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1971); University of Texas (J.D., 1975). Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Natural Resources; Structured Finance; Banks and Banking. Email: Fielding B Cochran, III | | Dorene B. Cohen (Member) born Houston, Texas, September 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with highest honors, 1987; J.D., with high honors, 1990). Order of the Coif; Chancellors; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Texas Law Review, 1988-1990. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA. Email: Dorene B. Cohen | | F.J. Hank Coleman (Partner) born McCook, Nebraska, January 28, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1966); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1972). Texas Law Review, 1971-1972. Chancellors; Order of the Coif. City Attorney, City of Houston, Texas, 1982-1984. Listed since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: F.J. Hank Coleman | | Christopher S. Collins (Member) born Mullins, South Carolina, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Wofford College (A.B., 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Blue Key. Vanderbilt Law Review, 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Private Equity; General Practice. Email: Christopher S. Collins | | Morgan Lee Copeland, Jr. (Partner) born Lubbock, Texas, October 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1978; J.D., with honors, 1981). Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Mass Torts; Products Liability; Intellectual Property. Email: Morgan Lee Copeland, Jr. | | Stephen D. Davis (Member) born Andrews, Texas, January 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S.Ch.E., 1979); University of Texas (J.D., with Honors, 1981). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Tau Beta Pi. Listed: Euromoney's Best of the Best, Expert Guide, 2002 in project finance; Euromoney's Best of the Best, Expert Guide, 2000, in energy and natural resource; Euromoney Guides to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers, Leading Asia Pacific Law and Tax Experts, and 1996 Global Law & Business. Practice Areas: Electric Power; Project Finance; Project Development; Energy; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law. Email: Stephen D. Davis | | Timothy J. Devetski (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 1994, Louisiana (inactive). Education: University of Houston (B.A., 1990); Northwestern University (J.D., 1993); New York University (LL.M., 1995). Member: Houston (Member, Tax Section), Texas (Member, Tax Section), New York State (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; International Taxation. Email: Timothy J. Devetski | | Elena-Faye DiIorio (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, October 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1979); University of Houston (J.D., 1983). Order of the Barons; Order of Barristers. Associate Member, American Board of Trial Advocates. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Environmental Law; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability. Email: Elena-Faye DiIorio | | Carol E. Dinkins (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, November 9, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1968); University of Houston (J.D., 1971). Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1970-1971. Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-1983. U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, 1984-1985. Listed Since 1989 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Environmental Law. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 2002-2003; Chair, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources Law, 1997-1998; Chair, Section of State and Local Government Law, 1992-1993; Chair, Board of Editors, American Bar Association Journal, 2003—; Member, Board of Governors, American Bar Association, 2005-2008; Member, House of Delegates, 1992—). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources; White Collar Crime; Administrative Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Carol E. Dinkins | | Phillip B. Dye, Jr. (Member) born Liberal, Kansas, October 9, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1986, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1982; J.D., 1985). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America. Member: International Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Maritime Law Association. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation: Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; International Arbitration; Oil and Gas Litigation. Email: Phillip B. Dye, Jr. | | Billy Coe Dyer (Member) born Dallas, Texas, November 5, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 1982); University of Texas (J.D., 1985). Texas Law Review, 1983-1985 (Associate Editor, 1984-1985). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Homer Thornberry, U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1985-1986. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Eminent Domain; Condemnation. Email: Billy Coe Dyer | | Barry E. Engel (Member) born Angleton, Texas, June 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S.Ch.E., 1979); University of Texas (J.D., 1991). Order of the Coif; Tau Beta Pi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Construction Litigation. Email: Barry E. Engel | | Kenneth B. Fenelon (Member) born Baytown, Texas, October 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1971); University of Houston (J.D., 1974). Order of the Barons; Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Law; Partnership Law; Real Estate. Email: Kenneth B. Fenelon | | Timothy Fenn (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, May 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Email: Timothy Fenn | | Michael P. Finch (Partner) born Galveston, Texas, January 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 1968; M.E.E., 1969); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1972). Order of the Barons; Sigma Tau. Listed since 1987 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law, and Who's Who in American Law. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law. Email: Michael P. Finch | | William N. Finnegan IV (Member) born Houston, Texas, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1978); University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Barons. Energy Symposium Editor, Houston Law Review, 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Business Law. Email: William N. Finnegan IV | | N. Scott Fletcher (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, September 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, District of Columbia and Delaware; 1994, Texas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1984); Tulane University (J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Tulane Law Review, 1987-1989 (Notes and Comments Editor, 1988-1989). Law Clerk to the Hon. Andrew G. T. Moore, II, Justice, Delaware Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities; Intellectual Property; Class Actions. Email: N. Scott Fletcher | | Jeffery Burton Floyd (Member) born Las Vegas, Nevada, July 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Georgetown University (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America in corporate law. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law; Finance. Email: Jeffery Burton Floyd | | Robin S. Fredrickson (Member) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University and University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (B.S.N., 1981); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Houston Law Review, 1986-1988. Order of the Barons; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Law; Energy; Natural Resources; Contracts. Email: Robin S. Fredrickson | | Keith Fullenweider (Member) born Houston, Texas, May 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1988). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America in Corporate Law; Texas Superlawyers 2003; The Best Lawyers in Texas under 40; The Texas Lawyer, February 2000. Member, Texas Law Review. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Private Equity; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Energy. Email: Keith Fullenweider | | Kathleen A. Gallagher (Partner) born Phoenix, Arizona, February 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana; 1989, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Fellow, Houston Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Torts; Products Liability; Commercial Law. Email: Kathleen A. Gallagher | | George M. Gerachis (Member) born Washington, D.C., December 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1983). Practice Areas: Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation; Federal Taxation; International Taxation; Fiscal Law. Email: George M. Gerachis | | Steven H. Gerdes (Member) born Walnut, Illinois, June 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1977); Harvard University (J.D., 1980). Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Municipal Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Tax Exempt Organizations; Taxation. Email: Steven H. Gerdes | | R. Todd Greenwalt (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Virginia; University of Arizona (B.S., 1980); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1983). Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Tax-Exempt Finance Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Tax-Exempt Finance and Exempt Organizations Committees); American Health Lawyers Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Tax Exempt Organizations; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Tax Exempt Finance; Federal Taxation; Taxation. Email: R. Todd Greenwalt | | Don C. Griffin, Jr. (Member) born Jourdanton, Texas, December 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1986); Baylor University (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability; Torts. Email: Don C. Griffin, Jr. | | Douglas E. Hamel (Member) born Anchorage, Alaska, February 21, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976). Listed since 1995 Edition, The Best Lawyers in America, in Labor Law. Chairman, Civil Service Commission, City of Houston, 1984-1987. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor; Employment Litigation; Civil Rights; Occupational Safety and Health; Employee Benefits Litigation. Email: Douglas E. Hamel | | C. Michael Harrington (Member) born Borger, Texas, October 6, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1969); Cambridge University (Dip. Dev. Econ., 1970); Harvard University (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed since: 1993 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law; 2002 in Chambers and Partners' The World's Leading Lawyers. Practice Areas: Finance; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; International Business Transactions. Email: C. Michael Harrington | | Lauren J. Harrison (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Washington; 2000, Texas. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1990); Cornell University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Lauren J. Harrison | | David T. Harvin (Partner) born Houston, Texas, February 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1967); University of Texas (J.D., with high honors, 1970). Texas Law Review (Articles Editor, 1969-1970). Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. John M. Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1970-1971. Listed Since 1987 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Business Litigation. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Class Actions. Email: David T. Harvin | | Kenneth P. Held (Member) born Gainesville, Florida, August 20, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 1996, U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2001, Texas and U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1990) Phi Beta Kappa; Yale Law School (J.D., 1993). Coker Fellow. Editor, The Yale Law Journal, 1991-1993. Law Clerk to Honorable Milton Pollack, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities; Derivative Litigation; Class Action Defense. Email: Kenneth P. Held | | Paula W. Hinton (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, December 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama; 1982, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; M.P.A., 1979; J.D., 1979). Rotary Fellow, University of Seville, Spain, 1980-1981. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, MA'AT Justice Award, 2001. Director: State Bar of Texas, 2002-2005. Member, Women in the Profession Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1994—, Chair, 1996-1997, 1997-1998. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1989-1997. Member, Texas Supreme Court Task Force for Gender Fairness, Co-Chair, 2001—; Chair, 2002—. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation (Director, 1994-1997, Chair, 1996-1997); Texas Bar Foundation State Bar College; University of Houston School of Law Foundation (Advisory Board Member); Greater Houston Partnership's Executive Women's Partnership (Steering Committee, 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Telecommunications Law; International Arbitration; Intellectual Property. Email: Paula W. Hinton | | Gillian A. Hobson (Partner) born Christiansted, St. Croix, July 13, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law. Email: Gillian A. Hobson | | Michael C. Holmes (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, October 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: University of Texas, Austin (B.A., 1994; J.D., with honors, 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Michael C. Holmes | | Patricia Hunt Holmes (Member) born Hammonton, New Jersey, February 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1969; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1983). Order of the Barons; Phi Delta Phi. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2006; Texas Monthly Magazine as a Texas Super Lawyer, 2003-2005; H Magazine as a Top Lawyer in Houston, 2003—. Board of Directors: Houston Law Review, 1995-2003; Houston Law Center Alumni Association. President, Dress for Success Corporate Guild. Member: Steering Committee, Women's Initiative of the United Way of theTexas Gulf Coast. Member: State Bar of Texas (Business Section, Legal Opinion Committee, 1990-1992); Healthcare Management Finance Association of the Texas Gulf Coast; G&T Lawyers Association; Rural Electric Cooperative Bar Association. Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Finance; Nonprofit and Charitable Organization; Health Law; Securities. Email: Patricia Hunt Holmes | | Carol H. Jewett (Member) born Dallas, Texas, October 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1972); University of Texas (J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Listed since 1987 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Employee Benefits Law. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits. Email: Carol H. Jewett | | Jeffrey S. Johnston (Partner) born Wichita, Kansas, July 17, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Creighton University (B.S.B.A., 1994); University of Texas (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex Litigation; Contract Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation; Directors and Officers Liability; Accountants Liability; Professional Liability; Fraud and Deceit. Email: Jeffrey S. Johnston | | W. Carl Jordan (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, April 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Little Rock University; Baylor University (B.A., 1971); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Alpha Chi. Listed since 1989 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Labor and Employment Law. Director, American Employment Law Council. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; ERISA; Labor Law; Civil Rights; Disabilities. Email: W. Carl Jordan | | Jay D. Kelley (Partner) born Houston, Texas, January 21, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; 1995, New York. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1981); University of Houston (J.D., summa cum laude, 1985). Order of the Coif. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1983 (currently inactive). Listed in: Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers, Energy and Natural Resources Law, 2001-2007; Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Projects Law and Energy and Natural Resources Law, 2002-2007; The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Project Finance Law and International Trade & Finance Law, 2006-2008; Texas Super Lawyers, as Leading Lawyer, Energy and Natural Resources, 2007; Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, 2006; International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers, 2007; Who's Who Legal: Texas, Oil and Gas Law, 2007. Practice Areas: Project Development and Finance(75%); Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures(25%); Liquefied Natural Gas; Power Projects. Email: Jay D. Kelley | | T. Mark Kelly (Member) born Houston, Texas, May 5, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1979-1981 and Editor, 1981-1981, Southern Methodist University Law Review. Listed: in Chambers Global, The Worlds Leading Lawyers 2001-2002, 2002-2003; since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Corporate Law. Past Chair, Houston Bar Foundation. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; International Business Transactions; Private Equity. Email: T. Mark Kelly | | John E. Kennedy (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1968; J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Harvard Law Review, 1969-1971. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Federal Energy Regulation. Email: John E. Kennedy | | Yolanda Chávez Knull (Member) born Pasadena, California, June 20, 1949; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1987, Texas. Education: Vassar College (B.A., 1970); University of Virginia; New York University (J.D., 1979). Listed: The Best Lawyers in America in Trusts and Estates Law. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Probate. Email: Yolanda Chávez Knull | | Erica L. Krennerich (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, April 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas; 1989, Colorado and District of Columbia. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1987). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Securities. Email: Erica L. Krennerich | | William L. LaFuze (Member) born Washington, D.C., February 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court of the; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1969); Southern Methodist University (M.S., 1971); University of Texas (J.D., 1973); University of London. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Pi Sigma. Listed Since 1991 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Intellectual Property Law and since 1999 in International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Former Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Former President). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%, 100); Internet Law; Electronic Commerce; Technology and Science; Unfair Competition; Computers and Software. Email: William L. LaFuze | | Kathleen C. Lake (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, January 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Middlebury College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Texas (J.D., with High Honors, 1980). Texas Law Review, 1978-1980 (Associate Editor, 1979-1980). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Energy; Electric Power; Natural Gas Regulation; Federal Energy Regulation; Administrative Law. Email: Kathleen C. Lake | | Keith W. Lapeze (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, March 3, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana; 1999, Texas. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., 1995); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1998). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Environmental Law; Torts; Litigation; Negligence. Email: Keith W. Lapeze | | Dean H. Lefler (Member) born Woodland, Utah, December 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Brigham Young University Law Review, 1988-1990 (Executive Editor, 1989-1990). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Federal Energy Regulation; Energy; International Business Transactions; Administrative Law. Email: Dean H. Lefler | | Kevin P. Lewis (Member) born Houston, Texas, July 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1988, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1983); Harvard University (J.D., 1986). Law Clerk to the Hon. Jerre S. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Corporate Governance; Corporate Law; Securities; Corporate Finance; International Corporate Finance; Aviation and Aerospace; Mergers and Acquisitions; Divestitures. Email: Kevin P. Lewis | | Guy S. Lipe (Member) born Beaumont, Texas, September 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1980); University of Texas (J.D., 1983). Chancellors. Member: American Bar Association (Vice Chair, International Litigation Committee, International Law Section). Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration Law; Commercial Law; Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Email: Guy S. Lipe | | John E. Lynch (Member) born Edwardsville, Illinois, May 9, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.B.A., 1983); University of Texas (J.D., 1986). Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Taxation; Tax Controversies. Email: John E. Lynch | | Jeffery K. Malonson (Partner) born Houston, Texas, August 28, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., 1994); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Member, The Order of Barristers. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Investments. Email: Jeffery K. Malonson | | Thomas P. Marinis, Jr. (Member) born Jacksonville, Texas, May 31, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1965); University of Texas (LL.B., 1968). Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Listed since 1991 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Tax Law. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation. Email: Thomas P. Marinis, Jr. | | Sharon M. Mattox (Member) born Wichita Falls, Texas, October 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Emporia State University (B.A., 1974); University of Texas (Ph.D., 1978; J.D., 1981). Order of Barristers; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Litigation. Email: Sharon M. Mattox | | Henry S. May, Jr. (Member) born Greensboro, North Carolina, May 12, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1971). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Federal Energy Regulation; Energy; Utility Law; Appellate Practice; Administrative Law. Email: Henry S. May, Jr. | | Frank E. McCreary, III (Member) born Santa Monica, California, March 25, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1965); University of Texas (LL.B., 1968). Texas Law Review, 1966-1968 (Editorial Board, 1967-1968). Phi Delta Phi. Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Finance; Municipal Law. Email: Frank E. McCreary, III | | Charles B. McFarland (Member) born Houston, Texas, April 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., with honors, 1991; J.D., with honors, 1995). Order of the Coif. Speaker: "Hot Topics: The Project Influence Rule," CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, Austin, Texas, March 2007; "Trial Tactics," CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, Austin, Texas, March 2006; "Errors And Omissions In A Condemnation Case: Legal Malpractice Issues For Condemning Authority And Property Owner Representations," CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, Houston, Texas, October 2004; "Proximity Damages - From Carpenter to Schmidt and Back Again: The Interstate Northborough Case," International Right of Way Association's Eminent Domain Seminar, September 2002; "The Separate Economic Unit: Smaller or Larger than the Whole?" International Right of Way Association's Eminent Domain Conference, March 2000. Member: State Bar of Texas, Houston and American Bar Associations. Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Keeton Fellow, UT Law School. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Reported Cases: Harris County v. Inter Nos, Ltd., 199 S.W.3d 363 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, no pet.); State v. Target Corp., 194 S.W.3d 46 (Tex.App.-Waco 2006, no pet.); Tribble & Stephens Co. v. RGM Constructors, LP, 154 S.W.3d 639 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2004, pet. denied); City of Houston v. Van De Mark, 83 S.W.3d 864 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 2002, pet. denied); Mercier v. MidTexas Pipeline Co., 28 S.W.3d 712 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi 2000, pet. denied); State v. Northborough Center, Inc., 987 S.W.2d 187 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. denied); Anderson v. Teco Pipeline Co., 985 S.W.2d 559 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998, pet. denied). Practice Areas: Litigation; Condemnation; Eminent Domain; Highways; Land Use and Land Valuation. Email: Charles B. McFarland | | D. Ferguson McNiel, III (Partner) born Austin, Texas, May 28, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980); University of Texas. Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Arkansas Law Review, 1978-1980. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; International Society of Barristers. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Construction Law; Commercial Law. Email: D. Ferguson McNiel, III | | Doug E. McWilliams (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, March 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: The University of Texas (B.B.A., with highest honors, 1992); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Finance. Email: Doug E. McWilliams | | Barry R. Miller (Partner) born Tempe, Arizona, February 8, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Illinois; 1972, Texas. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Bronze Tablet, 1967; J.D., with honors, 1970). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Illinois Law Review, 1968-1970. Certified Public Accountant, 1968. Member: American Bar Association Texas Bar Association Houston Bar Association. [First Lieutenant, 1970-1972, US Army Army Commendation Metal]. Practice Areas: Taxation(100%). Email: Barry R. Miller | | Peter E. Mims (Member) born Casper, Wyoming, October 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rice University (B.S.Ch.E., 1978; M.Ch.E., 1979); University of Texas (J.D., 1985). Texas Law Review, 1983-1985. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology and Science; Unfair Competition; Litigation. Email: Peter E. Mims | | Patrick W. Mizell (Member) born Lake Worth, Florida, November 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.S., 1986); University of Houston (J.D., 1989). Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Lifetime Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Law; Medical Malpractice. Email: Patrick W. Mizell | | H. Dixon Montague (Member) born Midland, Texas, February 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Mississippi; 1978, Texas. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1977). Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Review, 1975-1977. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Eminent Domain; Condemnation. Email: H. Dixon Montague | | Brian M. Moss (Partner) born Houston, Texas, October 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B. in English, 1993); Cambridge University (M.Phil. in European Studies, 1995); University of Texas (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law. | | Jeffrey Scott Munoz (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1987); Stanford University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Contracts; International Business Transactions; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: Jeffrey Scott Munoz | | John L. Murchison, Jr. (Member) born Dallas, Texas, September 30, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1962; LL.B., 1965); Harvard University (LL.M., 1966). Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Harvard University School of Law Mediation Course. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Professional Liability. Email: John L. Murchison, Jr. | | George Robertson Murphy, III (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1996, Louisiana. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., 1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Member, L.S.U. Law Review, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Inverse Condemnation; Property Rights; Litigation. Email: George Robertson Murphy, III | | Craig W. Murray (Senior Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana and Texas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1969); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Practice Areas: Syndicated Bank Finance; Structured Finance; Project Finance; Banks and Banking. Email: Craig W. Murray | | Larry W. Nettles (Partner) born Baytown, Texas, July 1, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.S.C.E., 1978); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1981). Order of the Coif. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Houston Bar Foundation. (Co-Head of Administrative & Environmental Law Section). Practice Areas: Environmental Law(80%); Administrative Law(5%); Toxic Torts(5%); Occupational Safety and Health(5%); Natural Resources(5%). Email: Larry W. Nettles | | Charles T. Newton, Jr. (Member) born Austin, Texas, June 25, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., with honors, 1964; LL.B., with honors, 1967). Texas Law Review, 1966-1967. Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Pi Sigma Alpha. Law Clerk to the Hon. Homer Thornberry, U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1967-1968. Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Appellate Practice; Securities. Email: Charles T. Newton, Jr. | | Penelope E. Nicholson (Member) born Dallas, Texas, December 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1977); University of Texas (J.D., 1980). Texas Law Review, 1978-1980. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert O'Connor, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1981-1983. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice. Email: Penelope E. Nicholson | | D. Bobbitt Noel, Jr. (Member) born Dallas, Texas, July 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1972); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to the Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1976, and the Hon. Ross N. Sterling, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Banks and Banking; Commercial Law. Email: D. Bobbitt Noel, Jr. | | Knox D. Nunnally (Member) born Haynesville, Louisiana, January 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1965; LL.B., with honors, 1968). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Texas (Federal Judiciary Relations Committee, Chairman, 1995-1996). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: Knox D. Nunnally | | David P. Oelman (Member) born Bordeaux, France, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Business Law; Energy; Partnership Law. Email: David P. Oelman | | Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas and Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1963; J.D., cum laude, 1966); Southern Methodist University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Listed since 1989 in The Best Lawyers in America, in Tax Law. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: International Taxation; Federal Taxation; Fiscal Law. Email: Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. | | Harry A. Perrin (Member) born Cameron, Texas, April 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., cum laude, 1975) Beta Alpha Psi; University of Houston (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Editor, University of Houston Law Review, 1979-1980. Licensed Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1977. Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Business Reorganization. Email: Harry A. Perrin | | Glenn L. Pinkerton (Member) born Newgulf, Texas, October 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1981); Columbia University (J.D., 1986). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: International Business Transactions; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Energy; Project Finance; Real Estate. Email: Glenn L. Pinkerton | | Benjamin H. Powell, III (Member) born Austin, Texas, April 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1968; M.B.A., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Natural Resources Law. Email: Benjamin H. Powell, III | | Jason M. Powers (Partner) born Houston, Texas, November 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas, Austin (B.A., with highest honors, 1995; B.B.A., with highest honors, 1995; J.D., with high honors, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Lambda Delta; Phi Eta Sigma; Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Townes-Rice Scholar. Member, 1996-1998, Associate Editor, 1997-1998 and Member, Legal Research Board, 1996-1998, Texas Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jason M. Powers | | James M. Prince (Member) born Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Finance. Email: James M. Prince | | Robert René Rabalais (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, November 14, 1965; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana; 1990, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1989). Louisiana Law Review, 1987-1989. Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Structured Finance; Syndicated Bank Finance; International Business Transactions; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Bankruptcy Reorganization. Email: Robert René Rabalais | | Harry M. Reasoner (Member) born San Marcos, Texas, July 15, 1939; admitted to bar, 1962, Texas; 1974, District of Columbia; 1980, New York. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1960); University of Texas (J.D., 1962). Texas Law Review, 1961-1962. Rotary Foundation. Member: American Law Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, University of London, 1962-1963. Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Phi Alpha. Law Clerk to the Hon. Charles E. Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals (Second Circuit), 1963-1964. Trustee: University of Texas Law School Foundation, 1980—; The Center for American and International Law, 1990—; Baylor College of Medicine, 1992—; Rice University, 1994-2002. Member, Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee, 1984. Chair, District Court Advisory Group for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas under the Civil Justice Reform Act, 1991. Chair, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1991. Chair, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, 1989-1990. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, in Business Litigation; National Law Journal 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities. Email: Harry M. Reasoner | | James Arthur Reeder, Jr. (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, May 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1984); University of Texas (J.D., 1989). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Section on: Antitrust; Business Litigation); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust; Health Law); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Professional Liability; Health Law. Email: James Arthur Reeder, Jr. | | Alan J. Robin (Member) born Norwich, Connecticut, October 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Order of the Coif; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Delta Theta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Taxation. Email: Alan J. Robin | | Mark C. Rodriguez (Member) born Dallas, Texas, February 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1992); Harvard University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Mark C. Rodriguez | | Glen A. Rosenbaum (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 26, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Texas Law Review, 1971-1973 (Research Editor, 1972-1973). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Glen A. Rosenbaum | | Thomas Anderson Sage (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, November 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas. Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1991); University of Montana (M.A., 1995); University of Houston (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Public Finance; Municipal Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Law; Legislative Practice. | | Gwen J. Samora (Member) born Baytown, Texas, November 27, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1988); University of Houston (J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons; Phi Beta Kappa. Houston Law Review, 1990-1992 (Chief Articles Editor, 1991-1992). Law Clerk to the Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1992-1993. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Torts; Negligence; Fraud and Deceit; Products Liability. Email: Gwen J. Samora | | Robert M. Schick (Partner) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, October 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1976); University of Houston (J.D., 1981). Order of Barristers; Order of the Barons. Member: Product Liability Advisory Council; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation(100%, 1000); Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Mass Torts; Constitutional Law. Email: Robert M. Schick | | James D. Seegers (Member) born Harvey, Illinois, June 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1985); South Texas (J.D., 1993). Order of the Lytae; Phi Delta Phi. South Texas Law Review, 1991-1993 (Editor-in-Chief, 1992-1993). Practice Areas: Energy; Federal Energy Regulation; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law; Electric Power. Email: James D. Seegers | | Shadow Sloan (Member) born Elberton, Georgia, May 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1974); South Texas (J.D., 1988). South Texas Law Review, 1987-1988. Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers; Order of the Lytae. Briefing Attorney for the Hon. Frank G. Evans, Chief Justice, Texas First Court of Appeals. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Employment Litigation. Email: Shadow Sloan | | J. Brian Sokolik (Member) born Passaic, New Jersey, June 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: St. Peter's College (B.S., 1967); St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1976); University of Virginia (LL.M., 1977). St. Mary's Law Journal, 1974-1976 (Editor-in-Chief, 1975-1976). Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Business Law; Finance; Corporate Law; Real Estate; International Business Transactions. Email: J. Brian Sokolik | | Mark R. Spradling (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1977); Stanford University (J.D., 1980). Stanford Law Review, 1978-1980 (Associate Editor, 1979-1980). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit), 1980-1981. Practice Areas: Structured Finance; Commercial Law; Finance; International Business Transactions; Real Estate. Email: Mark R. Spradling | | Karl S. Stern (Member) born Seattle, Washington, October 31, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., B.S., 1979); University of Texas (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Securities; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Karl S. Stern | | Edward T. Stockbridge (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, May 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; 1983, Florida. Education: Duke University (B.S.E., 1976); University of Florida (J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif; Tau Beta Pi. Practice Areas: Business Law; International Business Transactions; Computers and Software; Technology and Science; Intellectual Property. Email: Edward T. Stockbridge | | < |
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