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D E A N DARBY DICKERSON
T H E T E X A S T E C H L A W SCHOOL FOUNDATION
T H E T E X A S T E C H L A W S C H O O L A L U M N I ASSOCIATION
DARBY DICKERSON
DEAN AND W. FRANK NEWTON PROFESSOR OF LAW
ZACHARY NOBLITT, ' 1 2
PRESIDENT, PHI ALPHA DELTA
BRIAN SULLIVAN, ' 1 3
TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL MOCK TRIAL TEAM
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WALTER B. ' 7 7 AND ANNE R . HUFFMAN
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DAVID W . COPELAND
David W Copeland, Class of 1982, is the senior vice
president, general counsel and corporate secretary of SM
Energy Company, a publicly traded exploration and
production company based in Denver.
Over the course of his legal career, David has participated
in the negotiation and consummation of more than
$15 billion in merger, acquisition, divestiture and financing
transactions in the energy industry.
David is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Tech Law School
Foundation and of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, a Sustaining Life
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Energy Innovation Initiative
Advisory Board of the University of Colorado Law School.
CHRIS A . PEIRSON
Chris A. Peirson, Class of 1977, is board certified by the
Texas Board of Legal Specialization in residential real estate
law and is a nationally recognized authority on the law
and regulation of residential mortgage lending.
Chris is a frequent speaker at both the state and national
levels, and has given presentations for the Mortgage
Banking Association of America, the American
Institute of Banking, the State Bar of Texas and many other professional organizations.
She has published for both the South Texas and University of Texas Schools of Law.
Chris is also a member of leading legal and professional organizations, such as
Texas Mortgage Bankers Association, Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc.,
American Land Title Association, Texas Land Title Association, College of the State
Bar of Texas, Texas Academy of Mortgage Attorneys, Texas Association of Bank
Counsel and Texas Bankers Association.
Chris has also penned original screenplays: "A Killer Within," and "Inspector
Mom."
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MICHAEL J . H E N R Y
Michael J. Henry, Class of 1981, offers clients throughout
North Central and Northwest Texas quality representation in
oil and gas disputes, breach of contract litigation, employment
litigation, commercial litigation, personal injur)' litigation and
wrongful death litigation.
Mike is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization in both Civil Trial Law (since 1990) and
Personal Injury Trial Law (since 1988). He is a member of the
prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (president of
Fort Worth Chapter 2006, national board member 2007), and is AV rated by MartindaleHubbell, signifying that other attorneys rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer for 2004 through the present year.
Mike served as director for the Tarrant County Young Lawyers, the Texas Young
Lawyers, and the Tarrant County Bar Association. He is presently secretary-treasurer of
the Tarrant Count)' Bar Association, is slated to serve as president of the Tarrant Count)'
Bar Association during the 2015—2016 term, and serves on the Texas Tech Law School
Foundation Board of Trustees. Mike and his wife Marcy have two sons, Michael Henry Jr.
and Robert L. Henry, who are graduates of Texas Tech University and Texas Tech
University School of Law.
WALTER B . AND A N N E R . HUFFMAN
Walter B. Huffman, Class of 1977, was selected as Dean of
the Texas Tech University School of Law in August 2002 and
served in that role until August 2009. He continues on the the
Tech Law faculty. He was formerly a senior assistant for law
and policy to the secretary of veterans affairs, and before that
position, served as the Judge Advocate General of the U.S.
Army — the Army's senior military lawyer.
Dean Huffman served more than 30 years in the U.S. Army,
beginning his career as a field artillery officer and later serving
27 years as a Judge Advocate, culminating in his selection to
serve as the top military lawyer.
Anne Huffman married Walt on April 7, 1966, and joined him on a 33-year Army
career, during which she devoted her life to her family and to helping others. A champion
in her own right and a woman of deep faith, Anne's selfless devotion to helping others
was epitomized during her second tour in German)' when Walt's unit was deployed to
Southwest Asia for Operation Desert Storm leaving many family members behind in
Germany. Anne helped to pioneer a concept now formalized in the Army as the Family
Support Group when she organized a center to assist the spouses of enlisted soldiers
during the soldier's combat deployment.
She embodied this same spirit of service when she became a mentor to man)' and a
friend to all during her time as the "First Lady" of the Army JAG Corps and subsquently
as "First Lady" and sponsor of the Law Partners organization for students' spouses at the
School of Law. In those roles, she received both formal awards and, more important to her,
many personal thank yous for her consistent support and her caring heart. Anne passed
into the arms of her Savior after a valiant battle with cancer on December 23, 2011.
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ROBERT A . J U N E L L , ' 7 7
RICHARD C . H I L E , ' 7 4
WALTER B . HUFFMAN, ' 7 7
W A Y N E A . REAUD, ' 7 4
MARTIN W DIES, ' 7 4
JEFFREY W E N T W O R T H , ' 7 1
MARYELLEN H I C K S , ' 7 5
BARBARA K . R U N G E , ' 7 4
ROBERT L . D U N C A N , ' 8 1
K A R E N P. TANDY, ' 7 7
W . M A R K LANIER, ' 8 4
PHILIP JOHNSON, ' 7 5
M A T T H E W D . ORWIG, ' 8 4
RICHARD B . ROPER, ' 8 2
DAVID H . SEGREST, ' 7 0
GLENN D. WEST,
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M A R K GRIFFIN, ' 7 9
J O H N T . HUFFAKER, ' 7 4
ROBERT A . B L A C K , ' 8 0
DAVID W COPELAND, ' 8 2
CHRIS A . PEIRSON, ' 7 7
HERSHELL L . BARNES, J R . , ' 7 0
T O M HALL, ' 8 1
ROGER A . KEY, ' 7 6
BARBARA K . R U N G E , ' 7 4
WALTER B . ' 7 7 AND A N N E R . HUFFMAN
M I C H A E L J . HENRY, ' 8 1
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SHANE BEBOUT, ' 1 2
John C. Akard Scholarship
Awarded by the West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association
STEPHANIE NEATHERLIN, ' 1 4
Regents Scholarship
JESSICA RUGELEY, ' 1 4
TTU Law School Scholarship
OLUBUKUNOLA TAHIRAH " B U K K Y " OYEWVWO, ' 1 4
TTU Law School Scholarship
LORNA WOLCOTT, ' 1 4
Regents Scholarship
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SATURDAY, MARCH 3 , 2 0 1 2
The Student Recruitment Council will be available from 11:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. to give tours of the law school facilities. Members of the faculty
also will be present.
The Administrative Lmw Journal\ Aggie Bar Association, the Energy Law
Interest Group, Phi Alpha Delta, Real Estate Law Association, and Texas
Tech Taw Review, will be selling Tech Law merchandise.
Professors Jennifer Bard, Michael Hatfield, Elizabeth Rronk, and Jorge
Ramirez will speak during the CLE at noon. One hour ethics CLE credit
will be awarded for those who attend.
Dean Darby Dickerson will provide a law school update.
A screening of "The Rainmaker" (based on a John Grisham novel) will be
shown in the Donald M. Hunt Courtroom. This is a popular film starring
Matt Damon.
The event will end at approximately 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be served.
No RSVP is necessary.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 , 2 0 1 2
CLASSES OF 1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 2
Martin Cude and Robert Tames, Co-Chairs
Reception, Law School Forum, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
CLASS OF 1 9 8 7
Brian Toncar, Joe Tovell, Erin Clark, and Dawn Carmodj, Co-Chairs
Dinner, Cagle Steaks, 118 Inler Avenue, open bar 5:00-6:00 p.m.,
dinner 6:00-8:00 p.m., dinner provided through the generosity of
Brian Loncar.
CLASS OF 2 0 0 2
Amanda Catlin and Justin Wood, Co-Chairs
Reception, Melt Lounge, 1711 Texas Avenue, 7:30 p.m.
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ADVOCACY N E W S
Texas Tech University School of Law advocacy teams have achieved outstanding success
in not one, but four different advocacy areas: appellate, trial, client counseling and
negotiation. Despite significant national titles in moot court and arbitration competitions,
the students refuse to rest on their laurels and continue to raise the bar and bring home
additional trophies. Tech Law advocacy teams finished as national semifinalists at the San
Diego Defense Lawyers Mock Trial Competition in the school's first year competing at the
tournament, and most recently, Tech Law defeated ten other teams to win the regional ABA
Client Counseling Competition and is advancing to the final national competition
March 16-17 at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
M O O T C O U R T T E A M W I N S SECOND NATIONAL T I T L E
The Tech Law moot court team won its second consecutive national championship
February 2 at the National Moot Court Competition in New York City. Tech Law also won
the championship 32 years ago. The team of third-year law students Brandon Beck of
Austin, TX, Allie Hallmark of Midland and Elizabeth Hill of Lubbock prevailed over the
University of California-Berkeley School of Law in the final round. With the repeat win,
Tech Law becomes the second school to defend successfully its championship title. To complete the night, the team's brief was named top in the nation, and Hallmark was named the
nation's second-best advocate.
T E A M W I N S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ARBITRATION
The Tech Law arbitration team took another national championship Saturday,
January 21 at the American Bar Association (ABA) Arbitration Competition in Chicago, IL.
The team of third-year student Wade Iverson of Reno, NV, and second-year students
Meredith M. Mills of Austin, Jared Mullowney of Sunnyvale, and Kate Murphy of Katy
claimed Tech Law's 23rd national championship. This is Tech Law's third ABA
arbitration championship in the past five years, the previous two coming in 2008 and 2010.
The team won its regional championship in November after going undefeated against teams
from Texas, Louisiana and New York. The foursome continued winning in Chicago, never
losing a round en route to the championship. The students defeated Stetson University
College of Law in the semifinals and University of Missouri School of Law in the final
round.
T E C H L A W RANKED A T O P LAW SCHOOL FOR HISPANICS
Texas Tech University School of Law is ranked as one of the top 20 law schools for
Hispanics by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine. Tied for 16th position
with South Texas College School of Law, Tech Law is distinguished in that 35 Hispanic
students, or 17 percent of all Hispanic Texas students, attained a Doctor of Jurisprudence
from Tech Law during the 2010 survey period. Also of note, women comprised the
majority of Hispanic Tech Law graduates, 19 total, as opposed to 16 men. Overall, from 19
of the top 28 schools, Hispanic women received more degrees than Hispanic men.
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Darby Dickerson became Dean at Texas Tech University
School of Law in July 2011. She also holds the W Frank
Newton Endowed Professorship.
Dean Dickerson came to Tech Law from Stetson University College of Law in Florida, where she served as
Interim Dean and Dean from 2003 - 2011. Under Dean
Dickerson's eight-year tenure, Stetson Law increased
national!)' recognized academic offerings and student
diversity, gready expanded international programming,
accelerated student community service and pro bono
work, and opened Stetson's Tampa Law Center.
A nationally known leader in legal education, Dean Dickerson is a member of the
Executive Committee of the AALS Section for the Law School Dean, and serves as
Co-Chair of the section during 2012—2013. She also serves on the AALS's prestigious
Membership Review Committee and has held leadership roles within the ABA's Section
of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. She is President-Elect of Scribes — The
American Society of Legal Writers, an elected member of the American Law Institute,
and a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
An award-winning teacher and scholar, her book, the AIJVD Citation Manual: A
Professional Citation System (4th ed.), has been adopted by professors at dozens of law
schools. She is a sought-out speaker in the field of higher education law and policy.
Active in community affairs, Dean Dickerson was named the 2010 Business Woman of
the Year by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the 2005 Business Woman
of the Year (Non-profit/Social Service) by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. She was a
long-time officer and director of the Tampa Bay American Red Cross.
Dean Dickerson received her B.A. and M.A. from the College of William & Mary, and
her J.D. from Vanderbilt University. Following law school, she clerked for the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and then practiced commercial litigation with
Locke Purnell Rain Harrell (now Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell) in Dallas, Texas. In
1995, she was named both Outstanding Young Lawyer in Dallas and Outstanding
Director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
At Tech Law, Dean Dickerson's vision includes developing new academic programs
inside and outside Texas, continuing to enhance Tech Law's premier programs —
including the advocacy and legal practice programs, cultivating new resources for
students and faculty, connecting with alumni, and communicating Tech Law's strengths
and successes to broader audiences.
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Jennifer Bard, M.P.H.J.D.
Dustin Benham, J.D.
Genevieve Beyea, J.D.
Gerry W Beyer, J.D., LL.M., J.S.D.
Bryan T. Camp, M.A., J . D , LL.M.
William R. Casto, J . D , J.S.D.
J. Wesley Cochran, M . L . L , J.D.
Darby Dickerson, M . A , J.D.
Jarod S. Gonzalez, J.D.
DeLeith Gossett, J.D.
Kent Hance, J.D.
Michael Hatfield, J.D.
Walter B. Huffman, M . E d , J.D.
Vaughn E. James, M . D i v , M . B . A , J.D.
Dale Jones, J.D.
John E. Krahmer, J . D , LL.M.
Elizabeth Kronk, J.D.
Christopher Kulander, M.S., J . D , Ph.D.
Angela Laughlin-Brown, J.D.
Arnold Loewy, J . D , LL.M.
Patrick Metze, J.D.
Richard Murphy, M E . A , J.D.
Alison G. Myhra, J . D , LL.M.
Alyson Outenreath, J.D.
Dean G. Pawlowic, M . A , J.D.
Jorge A. Ramirez, J.D.
Richard Rosen, J.D, LL.M.
Wendy Ross, J.D.
David Sandino, J . D , LL.M.
Brian D. Shannon, J.D.
Brie Sherwin, M.S., J.D.
Nancy Soonpaa, M A , J.D.
Larry R. Spain, J.D.
Victoria V. Sutton, M . P A , J . D , Ph.D.
Arturo Torres, M . E d , M.L.S, J.D, Ph.D.
John Watts, J.D.
Robert A. Weninger, L L . B , LL.M.
David C. Cummins, J . D , LL.M.
Bruce Kramer, J . D , LL.M.
Annette Marple, J.D.
Rodric B. Schoen, J.D.
Frank Skillern, J . D , LL.M.
Joseph Armes, M . B . A , J.D.
Denise Voight Crawford, J.D.
Cheryl Erwin, J . D , Ph.D.
Amy Hardberger, M.S., J.D.
Wendy Humphrey, M . E d , J.D.
E.H. Uwe Beltz, M.S.L.S, J.D.
Elizabeth Caulfield, M.L.I.S, J.D.
Eugenia Charles-Newton, M . A , J.D.
Sue Kelleher, M.L.I.S.
Barbara Painter-Moreno, M.A.
Aperna Sherman, M.S.L.S, J.D.
Fang Wang, M.S.
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PRESIDENT
W C . " D U B " BRATCHER, ' 7 5
W M A R K LANIER, ' 8 4
ERIC BRITTAIN, ' 9 2
M . C . CARRINGTON,
BRIAN LONCAR, ' 8 7
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CARMEN MITCHELL, ' 8 2
DAVID COPELAND, ' 8 2
RICHARD ROPER, ' 8 2
DONNA COURVILLE, ' 9 4
BARBARA RUNGE, ' 7 4
DARBY DICKERSON,
SECRETARY/TREASURER
DAVID SEGREST, ' 7 0
IMMEDIATE P A S T P R E S I D E N T
JERRY DIXON, ' 8 1
W A D E SHEI.TON, ' 8 1
ROBERT DUNCAN, ' 8 1
JOHN SIMPSON, ' 7 4
K E M FROST, ' 8 3
JESSICA THORNE, ' 9 5
KEVIN GLASHEEN, ' 8 8
MITCHELL TOUPS, ' 8 2
M A R K GRIFFIN, ' 7 9
VICE-PRESIDENT
JEFFREY WENTWORTH, ' 7 1
CHESTER GRUDZINSKI, ' 8 1
GLENN WEST, ' 7 8
ART HALL, ' 9 6
MARK WHITE, ' 8 2
THOMAS G . H A L L , ' 8 1
J o B E N WHITTENBURG, ' 7 3
MICHAEL J. HENRY, ' 8 1
JANNA CLARKE, ' 8 4
L E E A N N RENO, ' 9 4
JERRY DIXON, ' 8 1
LORI SCOTT, ' 8 9
JULIE DOSS, ' 9 9
DAVID SEGREST, ' 7 0
KEVIN GLASHEEN, ' 8 8
W A D E SHELTON, ' 8 1
CHESTER GRUDZINSICI, ' 8 1
DARRYL VEREEN, ' 9 2
DUSTIN HOWELL, ' 0 8
O M A R VILLA, ' 0 6
AMBER JAMES, ' 0 8
CELESTE VILLARREAL, ' 0 5
M A R K LANEY, ' 7 2
DAVID WAGGONER, ' 9 8
MICHAEL MARTINEZ, ' 1 1
MELODY WILKINSON, ' 8 8
STACY MONCIBAIZ, ' 0 9
L E E WILSON, ' 0 7
MELISSA MORGAN, ' 0 2
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