DALLAS - FORT WORTH CHAPTER

 

OFFICERS

President

Matt Bracy
General Counsel | Settlement Capital Corp.

Vice President

Clarence Brown
Assoc. General Counsel |  Contran Corp/Valhi Inc.

Secretary

John Gerhart
Partner  |  Hunton & Williams LLP

Immediate Past President

John Ansbach
Chief Legal Officer | Mothers Against Drunk Driving
 

General Counsel 

Robert M. Hoffman
Partner  |  Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
 

DIRECTORS 

Nelson Akinrinade
General Counsel & VP/HR | Crown Relocations
 
Jana Ames
Managing Director | Huron Consulting Group
 
Fred A. Anderson
VP & General Counsel | Texas Industries, Inc.
 
Natalie L.  Arbaugh
Principal |  Fish & Richardson P.C.
 
Lisa Blackburn
General Counsel |  Cypress Equities
 

B. Keith Clark
SVP & General Counsel  |  Mannatech Inc.

Benjamin G. Clark
Partner |  Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

John M. Clement
EVP & Geneal Counsel  |  Classic Industries, LP
 
Trey Cox
Partner  |  Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox

Anne Crowe
VP, General Counsel & Secretary  | LSG Sky Chef  Inc.

Janice Z. Davis
Partner  |  Bracewell & Giuliani L.L.P.

John DeGroote
Former CLO  |  BearingPoint, Inc.
 
Janet Dhillon
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary | JC Penney Company, Inc.
 
Melissa A. Drennan
VP & Chief Counsel - BIS | PepsiCo, Inc.
 

Kimberley Elting
VP & General Counsel  |  St. Jude Neuromodulations, Inc.

Joe Garza
VP & Assoc. General Counsel  |  SuperMedia LLC

Paul R. Genender
Partner  |  K&L Gates

Mark Golman
Partner  |  Strasburger & Price LLP
 
Peg Donahue Hall
Partner - Head of Health & Life Sciences Sector  |  SNR Denton US LLP

Charles E. Hardy
General Counsel  |  Austin Industries, Inc.
 
Electra Harelson
Senior Placement Director  |  Prescott Legal Search
 
Holly H. Harris
Assoc. General Counsel |  Borden Dairy Company
 
Tom Harris
Partner  |  Haynes and Boone LLP

Joseph A. Hoffman
Partner  |  Andrews Kurth LLP

Tom Hughes 
Partner  |  Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
 

Richard A. Illmer
Partner  |  Brown McCarroll LLP

John V. Jansonius
Partner  |  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Brenk Johnson
Assistant General Counsel  |  Softlayer Technologies

Paul M. Jolas
EVP, CLO & Secretary  |  Regency Energy Partners LP
 
Gerald P. Kenney
SVP, General Counsel & Sec  |  NEC Corporation of America
 
Mark Kesselman
VP & General Counsel  |  Frito Lay
 
Mike Knapek
Partner  |  Jackson Walker L.L.P.
 
Raymond E. LaDriere II
Partner  |  Locke Lord Liddell & Bissell LLP

Monica Latin
Partner   |  Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal
 
Jeff Lowenstein
Partner  |  Bell Nunnally & Martin L.L.P.
 
Robert M. Manley
Principal | McKool Smith P.C.
 
Harry Martin, Jr.
General Counsel  |  La Madeleine Inc.
 
Don J. McDermett
Partner  |  Baker Botts L.L.P.

Robin D. McGuire
VP Land & General Counsel | Eland Energy

Ralph A. Midkiff
Shareholder  |  Chamberlain Hrdilcka
 
Regina T. Montoya
SVP & General Counsel  |  Children's Medical Center of Dallas
 
Carol C. Payne
Partner | Vinson & Elkins LLP
 
David P. Poole
SVP, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary  |  Range Resources Corporation
 
William (Judd) Pritchard
General Counsel  |  Capitol Public Affairs Holdings, Inc.

Theis Rice
SVP, HR & Chief Legal Officer  |  Trinity Industries, Inc.

David B. Snyder
SVP, General Counsel, CO & Secretary  |  Ethos Group
 
David S. Starr
VP & Deputy General Counsel  |  Belo Corp.
 
David W. Swiney
AVA, CFE  |  KPMG LLP


Ronald Taylor
VP & Special Counsel for Business Development  |  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Lisa Tomiko Blackburn
General Counsel | Cypress Equities

Alan W. Tompkins
VP & General Counsel  |  Unity Hunt, Inc.

John D. Torres
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary   |  Lennox International Inc.

Betty E. Ungerman
Chief IP Counsel   |  Lennox International Inc.
 

Peter Vogel
Partner  |  Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

Ron H. White
Managing Partner |  White & Wiggins, L.L.P.

Christopher S. Willis
General Counsel, VP Human Resources |  Interstate Battery System of America, Inc.

Elizabeth Yingling
Partner  |  Baker & McKenzie

 

Advisory Member

Barbara Kincaid
Lecturer in Business Law  |  Cox School of Business
 

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Membership

John M. Clement
EVP& General Counsel  |  Classic Industries, LP
 
Jeff Lowenstein
Partner  |  Bell Nunnally & Martin L.L.P. 
 

Programs

Betty E. Ungerman
Chief IP Counsel  |  Lennox International Inc.
 
Natalie Arbaugh
Partner  |  Fish and Richardson PC
 

Dedman Dinner

Hyattye O. Simmons
General Counsel  |  Dallas Area Rapid Transit
 
Monica Latin
Partner  |  Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal
 

Annual Golf Tournament

Ronald Taylor
VP & Special Counsel for Business Development  |  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
 
Charles E. Hardy
General Counsel  |  Austin Industries, Inc.
 

Forum Women Committee

Regina T. Montoya
SVP & General Counsel  |  Children's Medical Center of Dallas
 
Electra Harleson
Senior Placement Director  |  Prescott Legal Search