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TRUSTEES

The Center for American and International Law is fortunate to have been led for decades by many outstanding attorneys, judges, law professors and law enforcement officials who have contributed their time and talents as members of The Center's many boards and committees. The principal policy-making body is it's Board of Trustees.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES


The Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham

Chair, Board of Trustees
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Austin, Texas

David J. Beck
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Beck, Redden & Secrest
Houston, Texas

Barry F. McNeil
Chair, Executive Committee
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, Texas

Kenneth L. Stewart
Secretary of the Center
Fulbright & Jaworski
Dallas, Texas

W. Mike Baggett
Winstead
Dallas, Texas

S. Jack Balagia, Jr.
Vice President & General Counsel
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Irving, Texas

John R. Barker
ONEOK, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Charles N. Brower
Iran - U.S. Claims Tribunal
The Netherlands

George C. Chapman
Thompson & Knight
Dallas, Texas

Mark D. Christiansen
Crowe & Dunlevy
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Nina Cortell
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, Texas

William B. Dawson
Vinson & Elkins
Dallas, Texas

Kenneth R. Dickerson
Plano, Texas

Wayne Fisher
Fisher, Boyd, Brown, Boudreaux & Huguenard
Houston, Texas

John A. Gilliam
Dallas, Texas

Sheila S. Hollis
Duane Morris
Washington, D.C.

Darrell E. Jordan
Dykema
Dallas, Texas

Robert W. Jordan
Baker Botts
Dallas, Texas

Gregory P. Joseph
Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices
New York, New York

Susan L. Karamanian
Assoc. Dean, International & Comparative Legal Studies
George Washington University Law School
Washington, D.C.

Dee J. Kelly, Jr.
Kelly Hart & Hallman
Fort Worth, Texas

Ronald W. Kessler
RonKesslerGroup
Austin, Texas

Jack M. Kinnebrew
Strasburger & Price
Dallas, Texas

The Hon. Sam A. Lindsay
Judge, U.S. District Court
Dallas, Texas

Joan Lukey
Ropes & Gray
Boston, Massachusetts

Charles W. Matthews
Dallas, Texas

M. Colleen McHugh
Corpus Christi, Texas

Anne H. McNamara
Dallas, Texas

Robert L. Meyers, III
Ford Nassen & Baldwin
Dallas, Texas

Harriet E. Miers
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Dallas, Texas

Homer E. Moyer, Jr
Miller & Chevalier
Washington, D.C.

The Hon.Thomas R. Phillips
Baker Botts
Austin, Texas

Frederick “Rick” J. Plaeger II
EOG Resources, Inc.
Houston, Texas

Oliver B. (Buck) Revell
President, Revell Group International, Inc.
Rowlett, Texas

The Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal
Judge, U.S. District Court
Southern District of Texas
Houston, Texas

Barry Sorrels
Sorrels, Udashen & Anton
Dallas, Texas

W. Anthony Stewart
Jones Day
Dallas, Texas

R. Gerry Storey III
Span America Medical Systems, Inc.
Dallas, Texas

William K. Suter
Clerk of the Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.

William C. Weitzel, Jr.
Cummings & Lockwood
Stamford, Connecticut

Elizabeth D. Whitaker
Dallas, Texas

TRUSTEES EX OFFICIO
Institute Chairs

Theron L. Bowman, Ph.D.
Chief
Arlington Police Department
Arlington, Texas

Stephen F. Gates
Special Counsel
Mayer Brown
Houston, Texas

Dr. Anton G. Maurer
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stuttgard, Germany

David L. McCombs
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, Texas

Dwight H. Merriam
Robinson & Cole
Hartford, Connecticut

Lucy F. Reed
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
New York, New York


TRUSTEE EMERITI


Philip S. Anderson

Little Rock, Arkansas

Giuseppe Bisconti
Rome, Italy

Harvie Branscomb, Jr.
Corpus Christi, Texas

James E. Coleman, Jr.
Dallas, Texas

George W. Coombe, Jr.
San Francisco, California

John C. Deacon
Jonesboro, Arkansas

John L. Estes
Dallas, Texas

Richard A. Freling
Dallas, Texas

Henry Gilchrist
Dallas, Texas

Charles W. Hall
Houston, Texas

Vester T. Hughes, Jr.
Dallas, Texas

William L. Keller
Dallas, Texas

Dee J. Kelly
Fort Worth, Texas

William T. Ketcham, Jr.
New York, New York

Tasuku Matsuo
Tokyo, Japan

Joseph W. Morris
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ewell E. Murphy, Jr
Houston, Texas

H. Louis Nichols
Dallas, Texas

William G. Paul
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Harry Reasoner
Houston, Texas

Tom B. Rhodes
Dallas, Texas

Sol Schreiber
New York, New York

J. Burleson Smith
San Antonio, Texas

James M. Sturdivant
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Robert L. Werner
New York, New York

Peter Winstead
Austin, Texas


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


Barry F. McNeil, Chair
W. Mike Baggett
David J. Beck
Mark D. Christiansen
Wayne Fisher
*Richard A. Freling
The Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham
*Vester T. Hughes, Jr.
Robert W. Jordan
Jack M. Kinnebrew
The Hon. Sam A. Lindsay
Michael J. Marchand
M. Colleen McHugh
Anne H. McNamara
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
*Tom B. Rhodes
Kenneth L. Stewart
Elizabeth D. Whitaker

*Advisory position


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

M. Colleen McHugh, Chair
Sol Schreiber, Vice-Chair

David W. Beck
Mark D. Christiansen
William K. Suter
Elizabeth D. Whitaker

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

W. Mike Baggett, Chair
Dee J. Kelly, Jr.
Oliver B. “Buck” Revell
R. Gerry Storey

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Susan L. Karamanian, Chair
Giuseppe Bisconti
George C. Chapman
Kenneth R. Dickerson
John L. Estes
Richard A. Freling
John A. Gilliam
Sheila S. Hollis
The Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham
Vester T. Hughes, Jr.
Darrell E. Jordan
Ronald W. Kessler
Jack M. Kinnebrew
The Hon. Sam Lindsay
Michael J. Marchand
Charles W. Matthews
Anne H. McNamara
Barry F. McNeil
Robert L. Meyers, III
Oliver B. "Buck" Revell
R. Gerald Storey, III

 
 
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