Current Employment Position(s)

White House Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Areas of practice

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Litigation & Appeals

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1970

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Texas, 1992 - 1993 (President)
Dallas Bar Association, 1985 (President)
Southwestern Legal Foundation (Trustee)
Southern Methodist University Law School (Member, Executive Board)
American Bar Association House of Delegates (Delegate)
American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Governance)
American Bar Association (Member, Bar Activities and Services Committee)
Dallas Bar Association (Former Secretary)
Dallas Bar Association (Former Director)
Dallas Bar Association (Former Vice Chair of Board)
Dallas Bar Association (Former Vice-President, Activities)
Dallas Bar Association (Former Vice-President, Administrative)
Southwestern Methodist University School of Law (Former Member, Dean Search Committee)
State Bar of Texas (Former Member, Administration of Justice Committee)
State Bar of Texas, 1986 - 1989 (Director)
State Bar of Texas (Former Member, Fact Finding Committee)
State Bar of Texas (Former Member, Directors Orientation Committee)
State Bar of Texas (Former Member, General Counsel Advisory Committee)
State Bar of Texas (Former Chair, Goals and Implementation Committee)
State Bar of Texas (Former Member, Litigation Section Council)
State Bar of Texas (Former Vice Chair, Antitrust Section Council)
American Bar Association (Former Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Antitrust Subcommittee)
American Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Committee on Business Torts, Section of Litigation)
American Bar Association (Former Member, Consortium on Delivery of Legal Services to the Public)
Dallas Legal Services (Former Member, Board)
Better Business Bureau (Director)
Greater Dallas Chamber (Former Director, Executive Committee)
Greater Dallas Chamber (Former Chair, Local Governmental Affairs Committee)
Tyler Cabot Mortgage Securities Fund (Former Director)
Capstead Mortgage Corporation (Director)
Young Women's Christian Association (Former Member, Board)
Child Care Dallas (Former Member, Board)
Community Council of Greater Dallas (Former Member, Board)
Goodwill Industries of Dallas (Former Member, Board)
Pioneer Bible Translators (Former Member, Board)
EXODUS Ministry, Inc. (Former Member, Board)
Community Council Meals on Wheels Task Force (Former Member)
Legal Aid Society (Former Member)
DISD Law Magnet High School (Former Member, Advisory Committee)
Goals for Dallas (Former Chair, Higher Education Task Force)
Women's Foundation of Dallas (Member)
Women's Center of Dallas (Former Member, Advisory Committee)
Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board (Former Trustee)
Mayor's Task Force on Crime (Former Member)
Ad Hoc Committee to Review City Budget Process (Former Member)
1985 Dallas County Bond Election (Former Member, Steering Committee)
Railtran Advisory Committee (Former Chair)
Dallas Assembly (Member)
Charter 100 (Member)
Dallas Bar Association, 1981 (Chairman, Board of Directors)
Texas Supreme Court, 1994 - 1996 (Member, Advisory Committee on Rules)
American Bar Association (Chair, American Bar Association Journal Board of Editors)
American Bar Association (Former Chair, Rules and Calendar Committee)
American Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Credentials and Admissions)
American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Election Law)
American Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Committee on Business Tort, Section of Litigation)
American Bar Association (Former Chair, Young Lawyers Division, Committee on Antitrust)
Attorneys Liability Assurance Society (Member, Board of Directors)
Dallas City Council (Former At-Large Member)
Dallas Bar Foundation (Former Trustee)
American Bar Association (Former Member, Committee on Bar Activities and Services)
American Bar Association (Former Member, Special Committee on Governance)
Dallas Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
State Bar of Texas (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Charter Member, Fellows of the Dallas Bar Foundation
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• DAYL Outstanding Young Lawyer of Dallas, 1979
• Recognized as Belo Hero for role in Dallas Bar's Acquisition of the Belo Manson
• Sarah T. Hughes Award, Women in the Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 1993
• National Award for Leadership and Commitment from Girls Clubs, 1987
• American Jewish Committee, Human Relations Award, 1992
• Justinian Award for Community Service, 1992

Classes and Seminars

• Former Trial Advocacy Instructor, SMU NITA Program, Southern Methodist University School of Law

Past Employment Positions

United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Hon. Joe E. Estes, Law Clerk, 1970 - 1972
Belli, Ashe, Ellison, Choulos & Lieff, Law Clerk, 1969
City of Dallas, Judicial Nominating Commission, Chair
North Texas Commission, Board of Directors, Former Member
Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, President
Texas Lottery Commission, Chair

Education

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1970
J.D., Juris Doctor
Honors: Barristers, Moot Court Board, Kappa Beta Pi
Law Review: Comments Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1969 - 1970
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1967
B.S., Bachelor of Science

Address

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500-0003

Phones

(202) 456-1414
(202) 456-7900
(202) 456-2930

Faxes

(202) 456-1647
(202) 456-6218
(202) 456-5090