First Tuesday

October 6, 2009

New Chapter President

On October 1, Russ Miller of Anadarko Petroleum began his one year term as our chapter president.  Congratulations and best wishes to Russ, and also a big thank you to past president Kelli Powell for her dedication and hard work as President during the past year.  Also joining  the board of directors of our chapter on October 1 were Andrew Gratz of Lyondell Basell  Industries, Timothy Howard of Shell Oil Company, and James Lank of Tesco Corporation. Click here for a list of all officers and directors.

Next Chapter Meeting – Wednesday  October 14

The next chapter meeting will be at Maggiano’s on Wednesday October     14.  This topic for this meeting will be Enterprise Risk Management which will be presented by our Title Sponsor, Jackson Walker L.L.P.Due to late registrations and high levels of interest in the topics covered, there has been an overflow standing room only crowd for several of our recent  meetings, so please click here and register for the October  meeting as early as possible.

Batman and Robin

“Holy September, Batman.”

“Why do you say that, Robin?”

“Because ACC Houston had so many events last month, Batman. There was the chapter meeting which featured a presentation on the recent session of the Texas Legislature by Mark Vane of Gardere Wynne and Sewell, LLP. There were also meetings of the Small Law Department Practice Group (on information management) which was sponsored by the Littler law firm, and of the IP Practice Group (on Patent Reform Legislation pending in Congress) which was sponsored by Vinson & Elkins. And not be outdone, the Latin America Practice Group had two meetings (one on the new Pemex framework and the other on agency and distribution).  There was also a breakfast presentation on the results of the 6th Annual In House Compensation survey which was co-sponsored by Houston ACC, KMPG and Prescott Legal Search.  And the Social Networking Committee began a new monthly happy hour and a new monthly lunch meeting for members in transition.”

“Robin, I am exhausted. Where can I get further information on all this?”

“Just click here, Batman, and it will be all at your fingertips.”

Robin, clear our schedule an make sure the bat mobile is ready, we are going to become in house lawyers and start attending some of these wonderful Houston ACC events.

Miscellaneous

As noted above, there is now a now a monthly lunch meeting for members in transition.  Click here for details.  Also, click here to view an updated ACC pro bono web page.  Finally, click here for  the quote of the “day” which will be up for  all of this week.