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

Randall M. Ebner
Dallas, TX

Vice Chair

Hon. Dale Wainwright
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Austin, TX

Chair, Executive Committee

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

Vice Chair, Executive Committee

Julia A. Simon
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Mary Kay Inc.
Dallas, TX

Immediate Past Chair

Harriet E. Miers
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, TX

President

Thomas (T.L.) Cubbage
The Center for American and International Law
Plano, TX

Secretary

Mark A. Shank
Diamond McCarthy LLP
Dallas, TX

Treasurer

Margaret Keliher
The Dallas Breakfast Group
Dallas, TX

Trustees

Kim J. Askew
DLA Piper US LLP
Dallas, TX

Charles L. Babcock IV
Jackson Walker LLP
Houston, TX

S. Jack Balagia, Jr.
Houston, TX

Barry C. Barnett
Susman Godfrey LLP
Dallas, TX

David J. Beck
Beck Redden LLP
Houston, TX

R. Doak Bishop
King & Spalding LLP
Houston, TX

Hon. Dan Branch
Winstead PC
Dallas, TX

Ann J. Bruder
Chief Legal Officer
Sabre Corporation
Southlake, TX

The Hon. Brett Busby
Justice
Supreme Court of Texas
Austin, TX

E. Leon Carter
Carter Arnett PLLC
Dallas, TX

Hon. Gregg J. Costa
Co-Chair of the Global Trial Practice Group
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Houston, TX

Hon. Jimmie M. Edwards
Lashly & Baer P.C.
St. Louis, MO

John C. Eichman
The Eichman Firm
Dallas, TX

Hilda C. Galvan
Jones Day
Dallas, TX

Bryan A. Garner
LawProse, Inc.
Dallas, TX

Hon. Eva Guzman
Former Justice, The Supreme Court of Texas
Wright Close & Barger, LLP
Houston, TX

Carlos Hernandez
Dallas, TX

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

Gregory P. Joseph
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC
New York, NY

Susan L. Karamanian
Dean
Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ (HBKU) College of Law
Doha, Qatar

David Keltner
Kelly Hart & Hallman
Fort Worth, TX

The Hon. Elizabeth Lang-Miers
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, TX

John C. Lindgren
President & CEO
IPVALUE Management Inc.
Santa Clara, California

Robert B. Little
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Dallas, TX

D. Patrick Long
Squire Patton Boggs
Dallas, TX

Michael P. Lynn
Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann
Dallas, TX

Charles W. Matthews
Dallas, TX

Dr. Anton G. Maurer
Anton Maurer International Legal Services
Stuttgart, Germany

Kevin M. O'Gorman
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Houston, TX

Craig S. Morford
Vice President and General Counsel
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Irving, TX

Toni Scott Reed
Clark Hill Strasburger
Dallas, TX

George Seay
Annandale Capital, LLC
Dallas, TX

Barry J. Sorrels
Sorrels Ola
Dallas, TX

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

Richard L. Thurston, Ph.D.
Duane Morris LLP
New York, NY

John C. Wander
Vinson & Elkins
Dallas, TX

James L. Waters
General Counsel
KeyBank
Cleveland, Ohio

Taylor H. Wilson
Haynes and Boone
Dallas, TX

EX-OFFICIO

Justice John G. Browning
Chair, Institute for Law & Technology
Partner
Spencer Fane LLP
Plano, TX

Doug Kowalski
Chair, Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
Chief
Prosper Police Dept.
Prosper, TX

Michael P. Lennon, Jr.
Chair, Institute for Energy Law
Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, TX

Thomasz J. Sikora
Chair, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Humble, TX

Prof. Frederic G. Sourgens
Chair, Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law
Washburn University School of Law
Lawrence, KS

EMERITI

  • Donald R. Abaunza, New Orleans, LA
  • Philip S. Anderson, Little Rock, AR
  • W. Mike Baggett, Dallas, TX
  • Dr. Giuseppe Bisconti, Rome, Italy
  • Hon. Charles N. Brower, London, United Kingdom
  • George C. Chapman, Dallas, TX
  • George W. Coombe, Jr., San Francisco, CA
  • Kenneth R. Dickerson, Plano, TX
  • Wayne Fisher, Houston, TX
  • John A. Gilliam, Dallas, TX
  • Charles W. Hall, Houston, TX
  • Amb. Robert W. Jordan, Dallas, TX
  • William T. Ketcham, Jr., Manchester, MA
  • Jack M. Kinnebrew, Dallas, TX
  • Hon. Sam A. Lindsay, Dallas, TX
  • John H. Martin, Dallas, TX
  • Tasuku Matsuo, Tokoyo, Japan
  • M. Colleen McHugh, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Anne H. McNamara, Dallas, TX
  • Homer E. Moyer, Washington, D.C.
  • William G. Paul, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Thomas R. Phillips, Austin, TX
  • Harry M. Reasoner, Houston, TX
  • Oliver B. Revell, Rowlett, TX
  • Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, Houston, TX
  • Kenneth L. Stewart, Dallas, TX
  • R. Gerald Storey, III, Dallas, TX
  • William K. Suter, Washington, D.C.
  • Elizabeth D. Whitaker, Dallas, TX
  • Peter Winstead, Austin, TX