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Dean’s awarD winner
Tony Buzbee ’97
When the University of Houston Law said Dean Leonard M. Baynes.
Center needed an outstanding lawyer, “Tony and his career epitomize
Tony Buzbee answered the call. so much about the University of
Serving pro bono as lead counsel, he Houston Law Center.
and a team of UH in-house and local “He grew up in the small town
attorneys protected the school’s name of Atlanta, Texas, the child of a
and brand in a federal trademark butcher and a high school cafeteria
infringement lawsuit last year. worker. Through the power of his
It wasn’t the first — and won’t be UHLC legal education, he became
the last — time the principal of The an accomplished lawyer. I had the
Buzbee Law Firm has supported chance to witness his skills in the
his alma mater; he has served as trademark infringement case. He is
an adjunct professor and guest brilliant! He was able to take a new
speaker, hires UHLC graduates and and difficult legal issue of Trademark
contributes financially. Law, and master it in a short span of
“UHLC is an integral part of my success,” Buzbee said. “The time. He is also a master story teller who helped shape the winning
knowledge I gained there, the friends I made and the supportive narrative in this case.
network of other graduates; there is no place like it. “We at the Law Center are very proud of Tony for all his
“I am proud when I tell others I graduated from UHLC.” accomplishments and also very grateful that he came to defend his
alma mater.”
Buzbee, a Texas A&M graduate and Marine veteran, is a leading
personal injury litigator and one of the most successful trial lawyers Dona Cornell, UH System vice chancellor for legal affairs and
in the nation. In the past decade, he and his firm have won hundreds general counsel, agreed: “Buzbee’s energy and enthusiasm for
of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements in dozens of UHLC as well as his advocacy in our protection of the UHLC’s
cases involving pipeline and plant explosions, toxic torts, offshore name and brand was phenomenal. Although this is not an area of
litigation, commercial litigation, products liability, and trademark law he regularly practices, he left no stone unturned and had a full
infringement. command of the issues which led to a fabulous result.”
He has been recognized by Texas Lawyer as one of the Top 5 “Go To” Buzbee graduated from the University of Houston Law Center
Lawyers for commercial litigation in Texas and was named the 2015 summa cum laude in 1997. While a law student, he was the managing
“Attorney of the Year.” He has been recognized repeatedly as a Texas editor of the Houston Law Review, was elected class captain by his
“Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters, profiled in several books, and peers and selected for membership in the Order of the Coif, Order
has appeared on the cover of the New York Times Magazine. of the Barristers, and Order of the Barons. Buzbee was also state and
regional mock trial champion.
“It is a great honor to present Tony Buzbee with the Dean’s Award,”
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