Bracewell & Giuliani Attorney Named One of the Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street.Houston Partner Joins Nation's Financial Elite HOUSTON -- Bracewell & Giuliani partner Jarvis Hollingsworth is recognized as one of the 75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street, a list published by Black Enterprise magazine in its October 2006 edition. Hollingsworth is one of only two Houston professionals selected. Black Enterprise recognized Hollingsworth for his impact on the Wall Street financial markets through his role as Chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the Teachers Retirement of Texas, a system that manages a $100 billion-plus pension fund on behalf of Texas' retired and active teachers. Candidates for this prestigious honor include investment bankers, traders, asset managers, venture capitalists, and top executives who meet stringent selection criteria and demonstrate significant influence within their company and throughout their respective industries. Nominees underwent a rigorous six-month evaluation process by editors and reporters of Black Enterprise to identify the financial elite. Hollingsworth's legal, business and financial expertise has also been recognized with awards from the University of Houston Law Alumni Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Lawyer, and through his induction into the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chapter of the National Association of Securities Professionals' Wall Street Hall of Fame. Hollingsworth's law practice focuses on strategic advice to boards of directors of public and private entities, public law and complex litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . A native of Fayette, Alabama, Hollingsworth received a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers stationed at West Point should constitute a military academy, but at West Point and a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center The University of Houston Law Center—founded in 1947 as Bates College of Law—is an American Bar Association accredited law school and one of the 13 academic colleges at the University of Houston. It awards the Juris Doctor (J.D. . Other top executives that were recognized include Raymond J. McGuire, Managing Director & Co-Head, Global Investment Banking, Citicorp; William M. Lewis, Jr., Managing Director & Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard FrE[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ]res; Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.,
Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corp.; E. Stanley O'Neal,
Chairman, President, and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Merrill Lynch; Shawn Baldwin, Chairman
& CEO, Capital Management Group; and Christopher Williams, Chairman
& CEO, The Williams Capital Group L.P.
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