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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES

THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW
THE HONORABLE CALVIN BOTLEY
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES

2007	2006
2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998

Spring 2007 Schedule

Date	Speaker/Title/Firm	Topic
February 20	Mr. Richard "Racehorse" Haynes Criminal Defense Attorney Haynes, Boyd & Associates, P. C.	Five Decades of Criminal Defense
March 27	Mr. Michael J. Hinton Criminal Defense Attorney Hinton, Sussman, Bailey & Davidson, L.L.P.	White Collar Crime Defense
April 17	Mr. Robert Alton Jones Criminal Defense Attorney Robert A. Jones & Associates	Common Mistakes of Young Lawyers

Spring 2006

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 24	Robert J. Sussman Hinton, Sussman, Bailey & Davidson, L.L.P.	“Representing International Defendants”
February 21	A. Martin Wickliff, Jr. Epstein, Becker, Green, Wickliff & Hall, P.C.	“New Challenges in Employment & Labor Law”
April 11	U. Lawrence Boze Vice Chairman, Texas Bar Examiners	“The Texas Bar Examination and You”

Fall 2006 Schedule

Date

Speaker/Title/Firm

Topic

October 24

The Honorable Donald J. De Gabrielle, Jr.
United States Attorney
United State Attorneys' Office

The Department of Justice and Federal Law Enforcement

SPRING 2005

15 February ‘05	DAVID ADLER Criminal Defense Attorney “The CIA and Edwin Wilson”
March 22 '05	MR. GEORGE PARHAM “Developing and Presenting Psychiatric Defenses to Juries”
19 April ‘05	HONORABLE BILL WHITE (photos) Mayor, City of Houston “Managing a Mega City in the 21st Century”

SPRING 2004

25 February ‘04	HARRY E. JOHNSON, SR., ESQ. 31st General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity “The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project”
10 March ‘04	HONORABLE MARK WHITE Former Governor of Texas “Homeland Security”
14 April ‘04	HONORABLE JOHN L. HILL, JR. Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas “Judicial Selection: Elected or Appointed”

FALL 2004

6 October ‘04	MR. WAYNE FISHER Partner, Fisher & Boyd “The Personal Injury Practice” CANCELLED
19 October ‘04	MR. HARRY REASONER Partner, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. “Living a Worthy Life in the Law”
19 November ‘04	MRS. MARJORIE (“MARGY”) A. MEYERS Federal Public Defender Southern District of Texas “Defending the Indigent Defendant”

SPRING 2003

25 February ‘03	HONORABLE MICHAEL SHELBY United States Attorney Southern District of Texas “The United States Attorney’s Office: Its Jurisdiction, Goals and Objectives, and Recent Accomplishments”
12 March ‘03	MICHAEL CONNELLY Partner Connelly, Baker, Wotring & Jackson, LLP “Ethics in the Practice of Law”
9 April ‘03	ROBERT ALTON JONES Criminal Defense Attorney “Common Mistakes New Attorneys Make in Criminal Practice”

SPRING 2002

22 February ‘02	HONORABLE HAROLD DeMOSS, JR. United States Circuit Judge Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit “Preparing and Presenting Effective Appellate Arguments”
8 March ‘02	B. DARYL BRISTOW Senior Partner, Baker & Botts, LLP Litigation Counsel to the President of the United States “The 2000 Presidential Election Litigation”
12 April ‘02	MICHAEL “MIKE” DeGEURIN Partner, Foreman, DeGeurin, & Nugent “Representing the Press and Writers in First Amendment Prosecutions”

FALL 2002

16 October ‘02	DIANA E. MARSHALL The Marshall Law Firm “The Legacy of Practicing Law”
13 November ‘02	RONALD G. WOODS Former United States Attorney “Representing High Profile Defendants”

SPRING 2001

26 January ‘01	LARRY R. VESELKA Managing Partner Smyser Kaplan & Veselka “Complex Commercial Litigation”
23 February ‘01	A. MARTIN WICKLIFF, JR. Managing Partner Wickliff & Hall “The Labor Law Practice”
2 March ‘01	HONORABLE KAREN K. BROWN United States Bankruptcy Judge Southern District of Texas “From Crime to Debt and How to Practice in Bankruptcy Court”
23 March ‘01	DICK DeGUERIN Criminal Attorney “Representing Notable Criminal Defendants”
20 April ‘01	HONORABLE ANTHONY HALL City Attorney City of Houston, Texas “Representing a Municipality”

SPRING 2000

28 January ‘00	HONORABLE CLAREASE RANKIN-YATES Immigration Judge “New Issues in Immigration Cases”
10 February ‘00	HONORABLE MANUEL LEAL Former Chief Bankruptcy Judge “New Issues in the Bankruptcy Practice” CANCELLED
3 March ‘00	MICHAEL RAMSEY Criminal Attorney “X-Files: Adventures in Federal Court”
7 April ‘00	SCOTT HENDLER Plaintiff’s Attorney “Environmental Actions in Central South America”

FALL 2000

26 October ‘00	GUY E. MATTHEWS Managing Partner The Matthews Law Firm “Patent, Copyright & Trademark Infringement Litigation”
10 November ‘00	HONORABLE VANESSA D. GILMORE United States District Judge Southern District of Texas “Preparing to Practice in Federal Court”

SPRING 1999

22 January ‘99	HONORABLE JAMES DeANDA Chief United States District Judge, Retired “The Characteristics of a Federal Practitioner”
29 January ‘99	HONORABLE ANDREW L. JEFFERSON, JR. Former State District Judge “Professionalism and Ethics”
12 February ‘99	HONORABLE KENNETH M. HOYT United States District Judge “Eagles, Elephants, Truth - Endangered Ennobles”
25 February ‘99	HONORABLE CAROLYN DINEEN KING Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit “Inside the Fifth Circuit”
12 March ‘99	RICHARD “RACE HORSE” HAYNES Criminal Defense Attorney “The Memoirs of a Warrior”
26 March ‘99	H. JOAN EHRLICH Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “Twenty Years of Pursuing Discrimination”
9 April ‘99	HONORABLE GABRIELLE KIRK McDONALD President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia “The Tragedy of Indifference”
23 April ‘99	U. LAWRENCE BOZE Bar Examiner “The Texas Bar Exam and YOU!”

FALL 1999

29 September ‘99	DON K. CLARK Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation “The FBI’s Role in Law Enforcement”
8 October ‘99	DR. JOYE M. CARTER Medical Examiner of Harris County “Forensic Evidence in Criminal & Civil Cases”

FALL 1998

16 October ‘98	RONALD G. WOODS Former United States Attorney “Representing a High Profile Defendant”
30 October ‘98	ROBERT ALTON JONES Criminal Defense Attorney “The Anatomy of a Criminal Lawyer”
16 November ‘98	JOSEPH H. JAMAIL The King of Torts “The Burden of Persuasion”