University of Houston System GC Dona Cornell is a ‘Force and Trailblazer’

May 9, 2022 Mark Curriden

Dona Cornell was Texas’ deputy chief attorney general over litigation in 2002 when the president at the University of Houston System called about the open general counsel job at the institution.

Cornell, who had just won a big case for the university, said thanks, but no thanks. She liked living in Austin, where she had gone to college, law school and worked for the past 15 years.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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