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Deputy General Counsel Assistant General Counsel

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Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, UH System 

Vice President for Legal Affairs, UH 

General Counsel, UH System and UH

Dona G. Hamilton

B.A., University of Texas, 1982 
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1986

Dona G. Hamilton earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.  She first joined the Texas Attorney General’s office in 1987 as an Assistant Attorney General in the General Litigation Division, having previously worked in Texas legislative positions.  She left the position of Assistant Attorney General in 1992 to become a shareholder in the Austin-based Morehead, Jordan & Carmona law firm.  She returned to the Attorney General’s office in 1995 and became Deputy Chief of the General Litigation Division in 1996.

As Deputy Chief of the General Litigation Division, Ms. Hamilton supervised 30 attorneys with responsibility for the 700-plus cases handled by the division.  The division represents state officials and agencies/universities in litigation involving employment law, personal damage claims, whistle-blower claims, federal and state civil rights law (including class actions), and constitutional law.

Ms. Hamilton has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1986 and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts of the Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas and before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Hamilton joined the University of Houston as General Counsel in June 2002.

E-mail:  dghamilton@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-0949
Fax:: (713) 743-0948


Associate Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs, UH System 

Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs, UH 

Deputy General Counsel, UH System and UH

José M. Rangel 

B.A., University of Houston, 1975 
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1978

E-mail: mailto:jmrangel@central.uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9172
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Associate Vice Chancellor for Intellectual Property Management  

Associate General Counsel for Research and  Intellectual Property Management

John P. Warren
A.B., Social Studies, Seton Hall University, 1967 
J.D., Stetson University College of Law, 1972

E-mail: jpwarren@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-3754
Fax: (713) 743-3753

Website: http://www.research.uh.edu/

 


Associate General Counsel for Contract Compliance 

Executive Director for Contract Administration

 

 

Brian S. Nelson


B.A., University of Utah, 1984
J.D., Detroit College of Law, 1988

E-mail: bnelson@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9169
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Senior Assistant General Counsel

Valerie Coleman-Ferguson
B.A.W., Howard University,1981
J.D., Texas Southern University,1985

E-mail: viferguson@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9123
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Assistant General Counsel

Jennifer E. Bloom  
B.A.,  Dartmouth College 
J.D., University of Houston  

E-mail: jebloom@.uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9163
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Assistant General Counsel

Mark R. Yzaguirre

B.A., Rice University, 1994
J.D., Harvard, 1997 

E-Mail: myzaguirre@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9143

Fax: (713) 743-9179


Assistant General Counsel

Talibah Peugh
B.A., Clark Atlanta University, 1997
J.D., Texas Southern University, 2000

E-mail: tpeugh@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9189
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Assistant General Counsel

Eric D. Bentley

B.A., Hawaii Pacific University, 2000 

M.S.S., United States Sports Academy, 2003  

J.D., University of Houston, 2004

E-mail:  ebentley@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-1849
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Office of the General Counsel Support Staff

A.C. Randle, Legal Assistant

A.A.S. Legal Assistant, Lamar University-Port Arthur
B.A.A.S. Lamar University
 

E-mail: acrandle@uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9175
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Leslie Pruski, Legal Secretary

E-mail: lpruski@central.uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-0949
Fax: (713) 743-0948


Marilyn Washington, Legal Secretary

E-mail: mfwashington@central.uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9173
Fax: (713) 743-9179


Suzanne Terry, Administrative Assistant

E-mail: sfterry@central.uh.edu

Phone: (713) 743-9158
Fax: (713) 743-9179

 
 

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