LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is making available a detailed biographical profile for Harriet E. Miers, President Bush's nominee to serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The profile is courtesy of martindale.com, the most frequently consulted resource for information about lawyers and law firms in the U.S.
Harriet Ellan Miers
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The White House
Executive Office of the President,
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
2nd Floor
Washington,
District of Columbia
20502
Admitted: 1970, Texas. (Not admitted in District of Columbia)
Law School: Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1970
College: Southern Methodist University, B.S., Mathematics, 1967
Member: State Bar of Texas (President, 1992-1993; Chair, Legal
Services to the Poor in Civil Matters Committee); Dallas (President,
1985) and American (Chair, Commission on Evaluation of the Model Rules
of Professional Conduct; Chair, Commission on Multi-Jurisdictional
Practice; Chair, Journal Board of Editors; House of Delegates) Bar
Associations; Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation (Life
Member).
Biography: Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Cite List of Selected
Legal Reference Materials: The Complete Marquis Who's Who Biographies;
Martindale-Hubbell Listings. Recipient: Sandra Day O'Connor Award,
Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 2005; Distinguished
Alumni Award, Southern Methodist University, 2002; 100 Most
Influential Lawyers in America, National Law Journal, 2000; 50 Most
Influential Women Lawyers in America, National Law Journal, 1998;
Woman of the Year, Today's Dallas Woman, 1997; 100 Most Influential
Lawyers in America, National Law Journal, 1997; Louise B. Raggio
Award, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, 1996; Anti-Defamation
League's Jurisprudence Award, 1996; Merrill Hartman Award, Legal
Services of North Texas, 1996; Sarah T. Hughes Award, Women in Law
Section of the State Bar of Texas, 1993; National Human Relations
Award of the American Jewish Committee, 1992; Outstanding Young Lawyer
of Dallas, Association of Young Lawyers, 1978; State Bar of Texas
Women in Law Award; Justinian Award for Community Service, Dallas
Lawyers Auxiliary; Women of Excellence Award, Woman's Enterprise
Magazine; SMU School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award. Comments
editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1969-1970. Member, LexisNexis
Martindale-Hubbell Advisory Board, 1996-2000. Assistant to the
President of the United States and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy,
The White House, Washington, D.C., 2003-2005. Assistant to the
President of the United States and Staff Secretary, The White House,
Washington, D.C., 2001-2003. Managing Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp
L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, 1999-2001. President, Locke Purnell Rain &
Harrell (formerly Locke Purnell Boren, Laney & Neely P.C.), Dallas,
Texas, 1996-1999. Partner, Locke Purnell Rain & Harrell (formerly
Locke Purnell Boren, Laney & Neely P.C.), Dallas, Texas, 1978-1999.
Associate, Locke Purnell Rain & Harrell (formerly Locke Purnell Boren,
Laney & Neely P.C.), Dallas, Texas, 1972-1978. Law Clerk to the
Honorable Joe E. Estes, U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of Texas, 1970-1972. Chairwoman, Texas Lottery Commission, 1995-2000.
Member-at-large, Dallas City Council, 1989-1991. Interests: running,
tennis, opera. Family: single, no children. Religion: Evangelical
Christian.
Born: Dallas, Texas, 1945