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Media Alert: In-Depth Biography on Supreme Court Justice Nominee Harriet Miers.


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Harriet Ellan Miers
                          -------------------
                            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

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