Officers
Juan Alcala
Chair
Holland & Knight
111 Congress Avenue, Suite 540 Austin, TX 78701
Email: juan.alcala@hklaw.com
Tel: (512) 954-6515
http://www.hklaw.com
Eric Hinton
Chair-Elect
Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership, SMU Dedman School of Law
3315 Daniel Avenue Storey Hall Dallas, Texas 75205
Email: ehinton@mail.smu.edu
Tel: (214) 768-2501
https://www.smu.edu/Law/Centers/Rowling-Center
Aaron Woo
Secretary
McCullough Sudan
1001 McKinney Street, Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77002
Email: woo@dealfirm.com
Tel: (713) 568-6240
http://www.dealfirm.com
Marissa Sandoval Rodriguez
Treasurer
Cacheaux Cavazos & Newton
1401 N. Main Street McAllen, TX 78501
Email: msandoval@ccn-law.com
Tel: (956) 686-5883
http://www.ccn-law.com
Council Members
Josh Beker
Associate Attorney
Givens & Johnston
950 Echo Lane, Suite 360 Houston, TX 77024
Email: jb@gjatradelaw.com
Tel: (713) 932-1540
http://www.jatradelaw.com
Sergio Garza
Senior Counsel
Apache Corporation
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77056
Email: sergio.garza@apachecorp.com
Tel: (713) 296-6892
http://www.apachecorp.com
Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano
Director
Center for U.S. and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center
4604 Calhoun Road, Suite 202 Houston, TX 77204
Email: alopezdelaosaescribano@uh.edu
Tel: (713) 743-6317
http://www.uh.edu
Dubraska Jaramillo
Senior Counsel
Chevron
1400 Smith Street, Room 05118 Houston, TX 77002
Email: dubraskajaramillo@chevron.com
Tel: (713) 372-1674
http://www.chevron.com
Gwendolyn Wilber Jaramillo
Partner
Foley Hoag
155 Seaport Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Email: gjaramillo@foleyhoag.com
Tel: (617) 832-1224
http://www.foleyhoag.com
Emily Morris
Attorney
The Morris Law Firm
1801 E 51st St Austin, TX 78723
Email: emily@morrisbusinesslaw.com
Tel: (512) 309-5351
http://www.morrisbusinesslaw.com
Richard Muñoz
Asst. General Counsel
Buckner International
700 N. Pearl St., Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201
Email: rmunoz@buckner.org
Tel: (214) 758-8079
http://www.buckner.org
Joshua Newcomer
Principal
McKool Smith
600 Travis Street Suite 7000 Houston, TX 77002
Email: jnewcomer@mckoolsmith.com
Tel: 713.485.7316
http://www.mckoolsmith.com
David Weiss
Partner
King & Spalding
1100 Louisiana Street Suite 4100 Houston, TX 77002
Email: dweiss@kslaw.com
Tel: (713) 276-7355
http://www.kslaw.com
Karla Pascarella
General Counsel, Former Chair 2020-2021
Flat Iron Corporation
385 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 Broomfield, Colorado 80021
Email: kpascarella@flatironcorp.com
Tel: (303) 485-4050
http://www.flatironcorp.com/
Gabriela Smith
Managing Attorney, Former Chair 2019-2020
The Smith Law Group
Email: gsmith@gnslawpllc.com
Tel: (214) 901-2010
http://www.gnslawpllc.com
Tom Wilson
Partner, Former Chair 2018-2019
Vinson & Elkins
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 Houston, TX 77002
Email: twilson@velaw.com
Tel: (713) 758-2042
http://www.velaw.com