Mier's Responses to Senate Judiciary Committe Questions

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Miers's Responses to Senate Judiciary Committee Questions

Source: Senate Judiciary Committee
Tuesday, October 18, 2005; 11:05 AM

UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NOMINEE FOR THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL (PUBLIC)

1. Name: Full name (include any former names used).

Harriet Ellan Miers

2. Position: State the position for which you have been nominated.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

3. Address: List current office address. If state of residence differs from your place of employment, please list the state where you currently reside.

The White House Washington, D.C. 20502

I currently reside in Virginia, but also maintain a home in Texas.

4. Birthplace: State date and place of birth.

August 10, 1945 Dallas, Texas

5. Marital Status: (include maiden name of wife, or husband's name). List spouse's occupation, employer's name and business address(es). Please, also indicate the number of dependent children. Single

6. Education: List in reverse chronological order, with most recent first, each college, law school, and any other institutions of higher education attended and indicate for each the dates of attendance, whether a degree was received, and the date each degree was received.

Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1967-1970, JD, May 24, 1970 Southern Methodist University, 1963-1967, BS in Mathematics, May 21, 1967

7. Employment Record: List in reverse chronological order, listing most recent first, all governmental agencies, business or professional corporations, companies, firms, or other enterprises, partnerships, institutions and organizations, non-profit or otherwise, with which you have been affiliated as an officer, director, partner, proprietor, elected official or employee since graduation from college, whether or not you received payment for your services. Include the name and address of the employer and job title or job description, or the name and address of the institution or organization and your title and responsibilities, where appropriate.

February 2005-Present: Counsel to the President, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20502.

July 2003-February 2005: Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20502.

January 2001-June 2003: Staff Secretary, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20502.

1972-2001: Managing Partner / Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP (previously President / Shareholder, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell and previously Shareholder, Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely, 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200, Dallas, TX 78701.

Spring 1984: Trial Advocacy Instructor, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 3300 University Blvd., Carr Collins Building, Room 130, Dallas, TX 75205.

1970-1972: Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge Joe Estes, 1100 Commerce, Room 1452, Dallas, TX 75242.

May 1969-August 1969: Law Clerk, Belli Ashe Ellison Choulos & Lieff, no longer exists, San Francisco, CA.

1964-1969: Computer Center Helper, Southern Methodist University, Computer Center, 3300 University Blvd., Carr Collins Building, Room 130, Dallas, TX 75205.

Sometime between 1963 - 1972: Computer Center Helper, Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390.

Other Former Business Activities

1998 (approx)-Present: Harriet Miers P.C., 5115 Royal Crest Drive, Dallas, TX 75229.

Mid-1980's: HM Investments, 5115 Royal Crest Drive, Dallas, TX 75229.

Mid-1980's: HEM Investments, 5115 Royal Crest Drive, Dallas, TX 75229.

Late 1990s: Member, Board of Directors, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 5700, Chicago, IL 60606.

January 1993-1997: Member, Board of Directors, Capstead Mortgage Corporation, One Lincoln Park, 8401 North Central Expressway, Suite 800, Dallas, TX 75225.

Dates not available: Member, Board of Directors, Comerica Bank (Texas Division), a financial services company, 1601 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75201.

Dates not available: Member, Board of Directors, Tyler Cabot Mortgage Securities Fund. Contact information is not available.

Dates not available: Chair, Greater Dallas Chamber Local Governmental Affairs Committee and Executive Committee, 700 North Pearl Street, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75201.

Former Community Leadership

2000: Chair, Women's Leadership Council, United Way, 1800 North Lamar, Dallas, TX 75202.

1998-2001: Member, Board of Directors, Dallas 2012 Committee. Organization no longer exists.

1999: Vice-Chair, City of Dallas Ethics Review Task Force. Contact information is not available.

1992-1994; 1997-1999: Member, Board of Directors, Dallas Citizens Council, 901 Main Street, Suite 6212, Dallas, TX 75202-3753.

June 1989-March 2001: Executive Committee, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 3300 University Boulevard, Carr Collins Building, Room 130, Dallas, TX 75205.

1987: Chair, Advisory Committee, Girls, Inc. of Dallas, 2040 Empire Central Drive, Dallas, TX 75235.

1985-2001: Board of Trustees, Vice Chair, Executive Planning Committee, Center for American and International Law (Southwestern Legal Foundation) 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, TX 75024.

1983-Present: Board of Consultants Member (1983-1987 Board of Directors, 1987-1989 Associate Board Member, 1993-Present, Board of Consultants Member), Pioneer Bible Translators, 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, TX 75236.

1974: Board Member, Dallas Legal Services, 1515 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201.

Dates not available: Board Member, Young Women's Christian Association, 1015 18th Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, D.C., 20036.

Dates not available: Board Member, Child Care Dallas, 8585 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 500 South, Dallas, TX 75247.

Dates not available: Board Member, Community Council of Greater Dallas, 1349 Empire Central, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75247.

Dates not available: Board Member, Goodwill Industries of Dallas, 3020 N. Westmoreland, Dallas, TX 75212.

Dates not available: Board Member, EXODUS Ministry, Inc., 4630 Munger Avenue, #110, Dallas, TX 75204.

Dates not available: Chair, Higher Education Task Force, Goals for Dallas. Contact information is not available.

Dates not available: Board Member, Volunteer Center Resource Clearinghouse. Contact information is not available.

Dates not available: Dallas Athletic Club, 4111 La Prada, Dallas, TX 75228.

Former Government Leadership

May 1995-March 2000: Chair, Texas Lottery Commission, 611 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701.

February 1993-November 1995: Chair (1994), Judicial Nomination Committee, City of Dallas, 1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, TX 75201.

June 1989-November 1991: Member-at-Large, Dallas City Council, 1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, TX 75201.

October 1989-November 1991: Ad Hoc Public Housing Committee. Contact information is not available.

June 1989-November 1991: Trustee, Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board, 2301 North Akard Street, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75201.

1989-1991: Director, North Texas Commission, 8445 Freeport Parkway, Irving, TX 75063.

1989-1991: Chair, Railtran Advisory Committee. Contact information is not available.

Dates unknown: Chair, Committee to Review City Budget Process, Contact information is not available.

I have made my best efforts to include all organizations of which I was a member. However, I may have been a member of other organizations for which I no longer have records.

8. Military Service and Draft Status: Identify any service in the U.S. Military, including dates of service, branch of service, rank or rate, serial number and type of discharge received. Please list, by approximate date, Selective Service classifications you have held, and state briefly the reasons for any classification other than I-A.

Not applicable.

9. Honors and Awards: List any scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, academic or professional honors or awards, honorary society memberships, military awards, and any other special recognition for outstanding service or achievement you have received.

Honorary Doctorate, Pepperdine University School of Law Outstanding Alumni Award, Southern Methodist University School of Law Outstanding Alumni Award, Southern Methodist University Woman of the Year, Today's Dallas Woman Women of Excellence Award, Women's Enterprise Magazine Louise D. Raggio Award, Dallas Women's Lawyers Association Anti-Defamation League, Jurisprudence Award 1996 Merrill Hartman Award, Legal Services of North Texas Sarah T. Hughes Award, Women in the Law Section, State Bar of Texas 1992 Human Relations Award, American Jewish Committee 1992 Justinian Award for Community Service DAYL Outstanding Young Lawyer of Dallas National Award for Leadership and Commitment, Girls Club 2005 Sandra Day O'Connor Award, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism Southern Methodist Law School: Comments Editor of the Southwestern Law Journal (now SMU Law Review), Barristers, Moot Court Board Southern Methodist University "M" Award, Mortar Board, Kirkos
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