H. Lee Godfrey, P.C., born Palestine, Texas; admitted to bar, 1969, Texas; 2001, District of Columbia; 2006, New York.

EDUCATION

University of Texas (B.A., 1966, J.D., with honors, 1969)

HONORS & DISTINCTIONS

Fraternities: Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Chancellors; Consul

Managing Editor, Texas Law Review, 1968-69

Texas Law Review Ex-Editors Association (President, 1976)

Visiting Professor, Rice University, Commercial Law, 1980-82

Author, "Civil Voir Dire in Texas: Winning the Appeal Based on Bias or Prejudice," 31 South Texas Law Review 409 (1990)

"Honorary Barrister Award" from the University of Texas Law School Board of Advocates (1999)

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Texas Business Litigation), 1991-2006 editions

1999 University of Texas Board of Advocates "Barrister of the Year"

Leon Green Award, "for outstanding contribution to the legal profession," by the Texas Law Review Association (2002)

International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators 2005 (4h Edition)

Member of the University of Texas Law School Foundation Board of Trustees (2005-2008 term)

Recognized as one of the seven top litigators in the United States and one of the top 25 litigators worldwide by The Best of the Best 2006

Listed as one of the 2006 Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America

Recognized by Texas Monthly Magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006

Named one of the top three antitrust lawyers, one of the top four energy and natural resources lawyers, and one of the top seven general commercial litigators in Texas by Chambers USA 2006

Selected as a Best Lawyer in America in the area of Commercial Litigation by ALM (American Lawyer Media)

Recognized in Who's Who Legal: Texas 2007 as a pre-eminent lawyer in the area of commercial litigation.

Received Anti-Defamation League's 2007 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award

LECTURER

Author, "Civil Voir Dire in Texas: Winning the Appeal Based on Bias or Prejudice," 31 South Texas Law Review 409 (1990). Lecturer: American College of Trial Lawyers Texas Trial Academy for Public Interest Lawyers, 2006; American Bar Association Antitrust Litigation Course (2003 and 2004 programs); "Affiliate Marketing Transactions," Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Assn. Annual Conference, 2003; "Diagnosis of a Dispute," Third Annual Conference on Resolving Commercial Disputes Without Trial, Tulane University and The University of Texas, 1993; "Expert Witnesses; Preparation and Examination," Houston Bar Association, 1989; "Jury Selection & Opening Statements in Texas Civil Practice," South Texas College of Law 1989 Discovery and Civil Trial Practice Institute; "Arguing the Complex Case," The Art of Persuasion (A Performance Enhancement Course), The State Bar of Texas, 1989; "What You Need to Know About Discovery to Avoid Paying Sanctions," Houston Bar Association Discovery Institute, 1987; "Pleadings and Attacks on Pleadings," Advanced Civil Trial Practice, The State Bar of Texas Evidence Series, 1983.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Law Institute

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

American Board of Trial Advocates

International Academy of Trial Lawyers

International Society of Barristers

American Bar Association, Section of Litigation

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

State Bar of Texas

District of Columbia Bar Association

New York Bar Association

Houston Bar Association

Fellow, Houston Bar Association

Texas Bar Foundation

Chairman, State Bar of Texas Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1995-1996 and a committee member until 1998

Member, Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency Judicial Task Force, 1995-present

Chairman, Judicial Selection Advisory Committee for the Southern District of Texas, 1993

Committee on Selection, Tenure & Compensation of State Judges, State Bar of Texas, 1980-81