DIAMOND SPONSORS
Bracewell LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Blank Rome LLP
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Haynes and Boone, LLP
McDowell Hetherington LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
William P. Swenson ’87
& Sandra Swenson
GOLD SPONSORS
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos,
Alavi & Mensing P.C.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Baker Hughes Company
Beck Redden LLP
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White,
Williams & Aughtry
Chandler McNulty, LLP
Davis Law Group
Fieldwood Energy LLC
Gray Reed
Hicks Thomas LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
McKool Smith
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
Nathan Sommers Jacobs,
A Professional Corporation
Phillips 66 Company Law Department
Carol Roach
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Spencer Fane LLP
Susman Godfrey LLP
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company
Thompson & Knight Foundation
Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill,
Smith & Barrow, LLP
Winstead PC
Bill Maynard ’73 &
Dawn Nelson, Lois Zamora
SILVER SPONSORS
Sofia Adrogué ’91 & Caroline Baker Hurley
Alexander, Dubose & Jefferson LLP
Berkeley Research Group (BRG), LLC
Fogler, Brar, O’Neil & Gray, LLP
Jones Walker LLP
BAR SPONSOR
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
UNDERWRITERS
Anonymous Donor
CIBC Private Wealth Management
Mark Elias ’89 / UBS Private
Wealth Management
Yvonne Ho ’06 & Allen Rice
Lee Kaplan
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Bill Maynard ’73
Regina Rogers ’70
Yetter Coleman LLP
*As of 9/30/2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2019 –2020 LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS WINNERS!
Each year, the UH Law Alumni Association celebrates alumni and faculty who have made
outstanding contributions that make the Law Center shine so brightly in the business and
legal community.
ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR
William J. Jackson ’92
HONORARY ALUMNUS AWARD
Judge Gregg Costa
FACULTY DISTINCTION AWARD
Professor Douglas K. Moll
JAMES M. ROACH LAW FUND
VOLUNTEER AWARD
Marie McGowan ’91
LAW GALA & AUCTION AWARD
Locke Lord LLP
CORPORATE SECTOR
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tana Pool ’92
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brian D. Melton ’99
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mishell Parreno Taylor ’03
PUBLIC/NON-PROFIT SECTOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carlotta Ramirez ’99
RISING STAR AWARD
LaTasha (Tasha) Snipes ’09
RISING STAR AWARD
David Rusk ’14
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
J. Michael Solar ’80
PRO BONO/COMMUNITY
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP AWARD
James Grace ’92
DEAN’S AWARD
William P. Swenson ’87
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Warren W. Harris ’88
CORNERSTONE CLUB AWARD
Stanley L. Blend ’67
Thomas F.A. Hetherington ’98
William J. Jackson ’92
King Family Foundation
(on behalf of Greg ’85 & Leigh Ann King ’85)
Stephen P. Koch ’92
Charles W. Matthews ’70
Bill Maynard ’73
Commissioner CAPT.
Reginald E. McKamie ’86
Jim M. Perdue, Jr. ’93
Ezequiel ’84 & Livia Reyna
Carol & Jim ’82 Roach
Danny Sheena ’95
William P. Swenson ’87
Brad Tucker ’79
Juan F. Vasquez, Jr. ’01
Andy Waters ’86
William D. “Willie” Wood ’84
The Honorable Alvin ’67 &
Susie Zimmerman