Former U.S. attorney general Alberto Gonzales will speak at the Chattanooga Bar Association’s annual Law Day Celebration. The event will take place Wednesday, May 17, noon-1 p.m., at The Westin Chattanooga.
After attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, Gonzales earned a graduated Rice University and earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard University.
President George W. Bush nominated Gonzales to serve as the 80th attorney general of the United States in February 2005. He served in that capacity until September 2007.
Gonzales has worked as a partner at a major Houston law firm and held government positions as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, Texas secretary of state, general counsel to the governor of Texas and counsel to the president of the United States.
Gonzales has also served as a visiting professor and minority and veteran recruitment consultant at Texas Tech University.
Currently, Gonzales is a member of the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, the Commission for Uniform Legislation and the American Law Institute. He also serves on the board of directors for the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville.
Previously, he served as an appointee to the Tennessee governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments and the Management Fellows Executive Committee.
For his many accomplishments and years of public service, Gonzales has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University and received the Harvard Law School Association Award, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Director’s Award and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service.
His work in the Hispanic community and his achievements as a role model have also earned him recognition as Hispanic American of the Year by Hispanic Magazine and one of The 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America by Time magazine.
Gonzales became dean of Belmont University College of Law in 2014 and holds the Doyle Rogers Distinguished Chair of Law. Gonzales teaches constitutional law, First Amendment law, national security law and separation of powers at Belmont Law.
Source: CBA