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Home Office of Affirmative Action Office Staff
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General Counsel Associate Vice Chancellor for Intellectual Property Management / Associate General Counsel for Research and Intellectual Property Management Associate General Counsel for Contract Compliance / Executive Director for Administration
Deputy General Counsel Assistant General Counsel
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, 1986Dona 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, 1978E-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, 1972E-mail: jpwarren@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-3754
Fax: (713) 743-3753Website: 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, 1988E-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,1985E-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 HoustonE-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, 1997E-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, 2000E-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
If you have suggestions or comments, contact A.C. Randle.
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