HOODING CEREMONY
School of Law
Texas Tech University
Allen Theatre
December 17, 2011
Texas Tech University School of Law
December 2011
Hooding Ceremony
Processional
Welcome . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . .... . .. . . .. .. ... . . Darby Dickerson
Dean and
W. Frank Newton Professor of Law
Main Address .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . . Walter B. Huffman
Professor of Law
Hooding of Graduation Candidates . . . . . .... . J. Wesley Cochran
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
Maddox Professor of Law
Gerry W. Beyer
Governor Preston Smith Regents Professor of Law
Farewell Remarks for the Class ... .. . . . . . . . . . . William Lee Ward
Recessional
Please join us immediately after the ceremony in the
Law School Forum for a celebratory reception.
Graduation Candidate
Hooding Attorney
Alyson Falk
Callie Anne Baker
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Wilson Thomas Baker
B.B.A., Texas Tech University
P.F.P., Texas Tech University*
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
Ross D. Bussard
B.S.A. , Louisiana State University
M.B.A. , Texas Tech University*
Mark Buzzard
Vanessa Buzzard
William Finley Erwin
B.B.A., Texas Christian University
M.B.A., Texas Tech University*
James Mac Smith
Matthew C. Heitzman
B.S., Texas Tech University
Stephanie Alexandra lsak
B.S., Texas Christian University
M.B.A., Texas Tech University*
Marissa Cristina Lozoya
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Alexander S. Pantig
B.A. , University of California, Irvine
Hooding Attorney
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
Eric K. Quisenberry
B.A., Texas Tech University
Lindsay B. Nickle
Elizabeth Naomi Rainey
B.A., Texas A&M University
R. Shaun Rainey
Pace William Rawlins
B.A., Arizona State University
M.P.A., Texas Tech University *
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
David Wayne Renfro
B.S.E.E., Texas Tech University
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
Professor Gerry W. Beyer ·
James Mac Smith
Professor Patrick Metze
James Jeffrey Mustin
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
B.S., United States Air Force Academy
MAS. , Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
M.B.A. , Texas Tech University*
Jonathan A. Newsom
B.S., United States Military Academy
Business Law Certificate
Graduation Candidate
Honorable Robert Newsom
Jennifer Penley Sibley
B.A., University of Mississippi
P.F.P., Texas Tech University*
Sybel N. Solorio
B.S ., University of North Texas
M.B.A., Texas Tech University*
Health Law Certificate
Preston Alexander Streufert
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Christopher David Wanner
B.A. , Texas Tech University
M.B.A., Texas Tech University*
William Lee Ward
B.S., Virginia Military Institute
Christopher Nezworski
B.A. , Baylor University
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
James Ryan Palomo
B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio
M.P.A. , Texas Tech University*
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
James Mark Penley
Associate Dean Calvin Lewis
Professor Jeff Blackburn
Professor Gerry W. Beyer
William Jaret Greaser
* Denotes that the student is in a dual-degree program.
*Denotes that the student is in a dual-degree program.
Final Degree Evaluation
The listing of candidates and degrees in this program is preliminary and
subject to final degree requirement evaluation. A candidate earns a degree
after the Registrar determines that the candidate has satisfactorily completed
all graduation requirements and posted final grades on the official record. The
diploma of Texas Tech University School of Law, signed and sealed by its
appropriate officers, is the official public document evidencing that a degree
has been awarded.
Texas Tech University Law School Deans
Texas Tech University System Board of Regents
Jerry E. Turner, Chair, Blanco
Mickey L. Long, Vice Chair, Midland
Larry K. Anders , Plano
L. Frederick "Rick" Francis, El Paso
John Huffaker, Amarillo
Debbie Montford, San Antonio
Nancy Neal, Lubbock
John Field Scovell, Dallas
John D. Steinmetz, Lubbock
Jill Fadal, Student Regent, Austin
Texas Tech University System Administrators
Julie Coffman Doss, J.D.
Assistant Dean
Kay Patton Fletcher, J.D.
Assistant Dean
Amy Jarmon, Ed. D. , J.D.
Assistant Dean
Stephen M. Perez, J.D.
Assistant Dean
Frank Ramos, Jr., M.A. , Ed .D.
Assistant Dean
Texas Tech University Law School Faculty
Kent Hance
Chancellor
Jennifer Bard, M.P.H., J.D.
Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law and Associate
Professor (Adjunct) Department of Neuropsychiatry, Texas Tech
University School of Medicine
Dr. Guy Bailey
President, Texas Tech University
Dustin Benham, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Legal Practice
Dr. Bob Smith
Provost and Senior Vice President, Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University Law School Deans
Darby Dickerson, M.A. , J.D.
Dean
Jennifer S. Bard, M.P.H., J.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
J. Wesley Cochran, M.L.L., J.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Calvin L. Lewis, M.S.S., J.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity
Arturo Torres, J.D., M.Ed. , M.L.S ., Ph .D.
Associate Dean for Law Library and Computing
Genevieve Beyea, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
Gerry W. Beyer, J.D., LL.M ., J.S.D.
Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law
BryanT. Camp, M.A., J.D., LL.M.
George Herman Mahon Professor of Law
William R. Casto, J.D. , J.S.D.
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor
J. Wesley Cochran, M.L.L., J.D.
Maddox Professor of Law
Darby Dickerson, M.A., J.D.
W Frank Newton Professor of Law
Jarod S. Gonzalez, J.D.
McDonald Research Professor of Law
DeLeith Gossett, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Legal Practice
Texas Tech University Law School Faculty
Texas Tech University Law School Faculty
Kent Hance, J.D.
Chancellor
David Sandino, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director of the Center for
Water Law and Policy
Michael Hatfield, J.D.
Professor of Law
Brian D. Shannon, J.D.
Charles B. "Tex" Thornton Professor of Law
Walter B. Huffman, M.Ed., J.D.
Professor of Law
Vaughn E. James, M.Div. , M.B.A., J.D.
Judge Roberl H. Bean Professor
Dale Jones, J.D.
Professor of Legal Practice
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Brie Sherwin, M.S. , J.D.
Assistant Professor of Legal Practice
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Nancy Soonpaa, M.A., J.D.
Professor of Law and Director of Legal Practice Program
Larry R. Spain, J.D.
Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs
John E. Krahmer, J.D. , LL.M .
Foundation Professor of Commercial Law
Victoria V. Sutton, M.P.A. , J.D., Ph .D.
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor and
Director, Center for Biodefense Law and Public Policy
Elizabeth Kronk, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
Christopher Kulander, M.S., J.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
Arturo Torres, M.Ed ., M.L.S., J.D., PhD.
Professor of Law
Angela Laughlin-Brown, J.D.
Professor of Law
John Watts, J.D.
Professor of Law
Arnold Loewy, J.D. , LL.M.
George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law
Robert A. Weninger, LL.B., LL.M.
J. Hadley Edgar Professor of Law
Patrick Metze, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law
Emeritus Faculty
Richard Murphy, M.F.A., J.D.
AT&T Professor of Law
David C. Cummins, J.D., LL.M.
Professor Emeritus
Alison G. Myhra, J.D., LL.M .
Professor of Law
Alyson Outenreath, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law
Dean G. Pawlowic, M.A., J.D.
Professor of Law
Jorge A. Ramirez, J.D.
Professor of Law and Director of International Programs
Richard Rosen, J.D. , LL.M.
Professor of Law and Director of Center for Military Law and Policy
Wendy Ross, J.D.
Professor of Law
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Bruce Kramer, J.D., LL.M .
Maddox Professor of Law Emeritus
Annette Marple, J.D.
Professor Emeritus
Rodric B, Schoen, J.D.
Thornton Professor of Law Emeritus
Frank Skillern, J.D., LL.M.
Professor Emeritus
Visiting Faculty
Joseph Armes, M.B.A., J.D.
Visiting Professor of Law
Denise Voight Crawford, J.D.
M.D. Anderson Public Service Visiting Professor
Cheryl Erwin, J.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Law
Adjunct Faculty
Aaron Clements, Hurley, Reyes & Guinn
Joseph B. Conboy, Texas Tech University School of Law
James R. Eissinger, Texas Tech University School of Law
Amy Hardberger, M.S., J.D.
Visiting Professor of Law
Wendy Humphrey, M.Ed., J.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Practice
Scotty Holloman, Maddox, Holloman & Kirksey
Shery Kime-Goodwin, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Marilyn Phelan, Texas Tech University School of Law
Don Richards, Richards Elder & Green
Law Library Faculty
E.H. Uwe Beltz, M.S.L.S., J.D.
Associate Director for Law Library and Computing
Elizabeth Caulfield, M.L.I.S., J.D.
Head of Reference and Instruction
Robert Sherwin, Texas Tech University School of Law
Paul Stafford, The Stafford Law Firm
David Strange, Whittenburg Stein & Strange
Gary Terrell, Key & Terrell
Eugenia Charles-Newton, M.A., J.D.
Reference and Electronic Services Librarian
Sue Kelleher, M.L.I.S.
Assistant Director for Collection Services
Barbara Painter-Moreno, M.A.
Assistant Director for Library Operations
Aperna Sherman, M.S.L.S., J.D.
Faculty and Instructional Services Librarian and
Director for Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research
Fang Wang, M.S.
Digital Information Management Librarian
Adjunct Faculty
C. Richard Baker, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Daniel H. Benson, Texas Tech University School of Law
Jeff Blackburn, West Texas Innocence Project
Charles Bubany, Texas Tech University School of Law
Fernando M. Bustos, Law Offices of Fernando M. Bustos
Catherine Christopher, Texas Tech University School of Law
Professional Staff
Casey Carson, Alumni Relations Director
Pam Forcum, Registrar
Robert T. Sherwin, J.D., Director of Advocacy Programs
Paula Smith, J.D., Director of Career Services
Cheryl Underwood, Unit Manager
Mission Statement
The mission of the Texas Tech University School of Law is to educate
and train individuals for the ethical practice of law in the 21 51 century; to
engage in productive, effective scholarship both within our academic
community and within the larger academic community throughout our
state and nation; and to render public service.
Speaker Biography
Walter Huffman
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
Dean Huffman joined the Texas Tech School of Law after a
distinguished 25-year career in public service. He served as Dean and
W. Frank Newton Professor of Law at Tech Law from 2002 to 2009.
As Judge Advocate General and the top military lawyer for the U.S.
Army, Dean Huffman stepped down in 2001 after managing and
leading a diverse legal workforce of more than 4,000 full-time
uniformed and civilian attorneys and paralegal and support personnel
in the United States and 17 foreign countries. During that time he was
the first uniformed lawyer since World War II selected to serve on the
Texas State Bar Board of Directors.
Dean Huffman led the first U.S. Army delegation to China to
reestablish relationships with the Chinese Army and led the first
Defense Department delegation to sign written cooperative
agreements between military legal agencies in Russia and the United
States. He was awarded the Hungarian Distinguished Service Medal
for extensive work with the post-Warsaw Pact Hungarian military
focusing on the role of the military in a democracy. Dean Huffman also
worked to further democracy and civilian control of the military in Latin
America and was a three-time Army delegate to the Inter-American Bar
Association , which is comprised of military and civilian lawyers from
North, Central , and South America.
As personal legal counsel to the Army Chief of Staff and other principal
Army staff, Dean Huffman developed legal positions on significant
issues ranging from civilian detention and trial procedures in the
Balkans to contract law and ethics rules associated with the Army
Transformation acquisition effort. In coordination with the Department
of Justice, he managed the Army defensive and affirmative litigation
effort including an ADR program honored by the U.S. Attorney General
as "Best in America." Dean Huffman has personally handled the legal
and public relations aspects of the most high-profile cases in recent
Army history.