Class Notes 2024-2025
Class of 1969
Frank L. Branson was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Texas Legal Awards.
Class of 1981
Arthur "Art" Hoge, III was elected to shareholder at Hall Estill in its Oklahoma City office.
Class of 1991
James (Jim) S. Chapman published a book titled .
Class of 1993
Douglas A. Yeager joined Sheppard Mullin as a partner in its Houston office.
Class of 2000
Mark Youngjohn joined Phelps Dunbar LLP as counsel in their Houston office.
Ben Herd joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in its Dallas office.
Class of 2001
Jason B. Myers rejoined Barnes & Thornburg LLP in its Dallas office.
Class of 2004
Jason Cassady earned selection into the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 guide.
Class of 2006
Brian G. Patterson joined Bracewell LLP as a partner in its Houston office.
Nancy Pollard was named executive director at Friends of the Children Texas.
Class of 2007
Amy Lott was accepted into the Leadership Dallas Class of 2025.
Class of 2008
Josh Marion was named senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Kosmos Energy.
Class of 2009
Katie Kane was promoted to general counsel and head of the legal department at Texas Instruments.
Class of 2011
Cameron Asby joined Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. as a shareholder in its Houston office.
Class of 2012
Amber Carson was selected to receive the 2024 American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service, which honors an American Inn of Court member in practice 10 years or fewer for their excellence in public interest or pro bono activities.
Courtney M. White was named chair of the board of directors of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Courtney M. White joined Underwood Law Firm, P.C. as a shareholder in its Amarillo office.
Class of 2017
Rachel Elkin joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as pro bono counsel in its Dallas office.
Jon Moul was hired by the New Orleans Pelicans as their senior director of cap and strategy.
Rusty Tucker joined Kane Russell Coleman Logan as a senior attorney in its Dallas office.