The Champions of Justice Gala will be held April 25, 2024
at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center in Austin, Texas.
6:00 p.m. Reception and Program 7:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Major General Alfred A. Valenzuela, USA Ret.
2024 Gala Committee Chair
Harry M. Reasoner, of Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston
2024 Gala Co-Chairs
Van H. Beckwith, Halliburton, Houston
Jerry Clements, Locke Lord LLP, Austin
Erin Nealy Cox, Kirkland & Ellis, Dallas/Washington D.C.
Monica Karuturi, CenterPoint Energy, Houston
David R. McAtee II, AT&T Inc., Dallas
Ross R. Moody, The Moody Foundation, Austin
Stephen C. Mount, H-E-B, San Antonio
Hilary L. Preston, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin/New York
Sandra Phillips Rogers, Toyota, Plano
Hon. Dale Wainwright; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Austin
Carlos Zaffirini, Jr.; The Audrey & Carlos Zaffirini, Jr. Family Foundation; Austin
Master of Ceremonies
Hon. Brett Busby, Supreme Court of Texas
Current Sponsors:
Champions of Justice
Benefactors of Justice
Patricia Villareal, Thomas Leatherbury, and the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation
Patrons of Justice
Baylor Law School
Beck Redden LLP
Hon. Jane & Doug Bland
Blank Rome LLP
Gibbs & Bruns LLP
Johnston Tobey Baruch PC
Kastl Law
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sandoval & James, PLLC.
Scott Douglass & McConnico
Kay Sim
SMU Dedman School of Law
Richard L. Tate
Supporters of Justice
Hon. Lora J. Livingston & Eric Kennedy
Dean Patricia E. Roberts
Sloan Law Firm
Neal Sutton
Host Committee
