Board of 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 its Board of Trustees.

Chair

David J. Beck
Beck Redden LLP
Houston, TX

Vice Chair

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

Chair, Executive Committee

Barry F. McNeil
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Secretary of The Center

Kenneth L. Stewart
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

Trustees

Donald R. Abaunza
Liskow & Lewis
New Orleans, LA

Joanne Alexander
Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Precision Drilling Corporation
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

W. Mike Baggett
Winstead PC
Dallas, TX

S. Jack Balagia, Jr.
Vice President and General Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Irving, TX

Barry C. Barnett
Susman Godfrey LLP
Dallas, TX

R. Doak Bishop
King & Spalding LLP
Houston, TX

Ann J. Bruder
Sr. Vice President of Law, Gov't Affairs and Global Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Commercial Metals Company
Irving, TX

Mark D. Christiansen
McAfee & Taft
Oklahoma City, OK

Alan R. Crain
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, Baker Hughes Incorporated
Houston, TX

William B. Dawson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Dallas, TX

John C. Eichman
Hunton & Williams LLP
Dallas, TX

Curtis R. Frasier
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Upstream Americas and Head of Legal USA, Shell Oil Company
Houston, TX

The Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Austin, TX

Darrell E. Jordan
Office Managing Attorney, Dykema
Dallas, TX

Robert W. Jordan
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Dubai, U.A.E.

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

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

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

Sylvia J. Kerrigan
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Marathon Oil Corporation
Houston, TX

The Hon. Elizabeth Lang-Miers
Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals
Dallas, TX

Veronica S. Lewis
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Dallas, TX

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

Joan A. Lukey
Ropes & Gray
Boston, MA

George T. Manning
Jones Day
Dallas, TX

Charles W. Matthews
Dallas, TX

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

Anne H. McNamara
Dallas, TX

Harriet E. Miers
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, TX

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

The Hon. Thomas R. Phillips
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Frederick J. Plaeger II
Vice President, Government Relations, EOG Resources, Inc.
Houston, TX

Oliver B. Revell
President, Revell Group International, Inc.
Rowlett, TX

Charles W. Schwartz
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Houston, TX

Barry Sorrels
Sorrels, Udashen & Anton
Dallas, TX

W. Anthony Stewart
Chief Strategy Officer, Tang Energy
Dallas, TX

R. Gerald Storey, III
Dallas, TX

The Hon. Dale Wainwright
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Austin, TX

John C. Wander
Vinson & Elkins
Dallas, TX

Elizabeth D. Whitaker
Dallas, TX

EX-OFFICIO

David F. Asmus
Chair, Institute for Energy Law
Head of Energy Transactions Practice
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Houston, TX

Theron L. Bowman, Ph.D.
Chair, Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
Chief, Arlington Police Department
Arlington, TX

Franco Gianni
Chair, Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law
Gianni, Origini, Grippo & Cappelli Partners
Rome, Italy

David L. McCombs
Chair, Institute for Law and Technology
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

EMERITI

  • Philip S. Anderson, Little Rock, AR
  • Dr. Giuseppe Bisconti, Rome, Italy
  • Harvie Branscomb, Jr., Corpus Christi, TX
  • The Hon. Charles N. Brower, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • George C. Chapman, Dallas, TX
  • James E. Coleman, Jr., Dallas, TX
  • George W. Coombe, Jr., San Francisco, CA
  • Kenneth R. Dickerson, Plano, TX
  • John L. Estes, Dallas, TX
  • Wayne Fisher, Houston, TX
  • Richard A. Freling, Dallas, TX
  • Henry Gilchrist, Dallas, TX
  • John A. Gilliam, Dallas, TX
  • Charles W. Hall, Houston, TX
  • Sheila S. Hollis, Washington, D.C.
  • Vester T. Hughes, Jr., Dallas, TX
  • William L. Keller, Dallas, TX
  • Dee J. Kelly, Fort Worth, TX
  • Ronald W. Kessler, Austin, TX
  • William T. Ketcham, Jr., Manchester, MA
  • Jack M. Kinnebrew, Dallas, TX
  • Tasuku Matsuo, Tokoyo, Japan
  • M. Colleen McHugh, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Robert L. Meyers, III, Dallas, TX
  • Joseph W. Morris, Tulsa, OK
  • Ewell E. Murphy, Jr., Houston, TX
  • William G. Paul, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Harry M. Reasoner, Houston, TX
  • Tom B. Rhodes, Dallas, TX
  • Sol Schreiber, New York, NY
  • J. Burleson Smith, San Antonio, TX
  • James M. Sturdivant, Tulsa, OK
  • William K. Suter, Washington, D.C.
  • William C. Weitzel, Jr., Cornish, NH
  • Peter Winstead, Austin, TX