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By Mark Curriden
(June 7) – The General Counsel Forum, an influential organization of more than 700 senior level legal officers at more than 450 Texas-based businesses, has hired Dallas lawyer and legal educator Lynn Switzer Bozalis as its new chief executive officer.
GC Forum leaders say they selected Bozalis, who has been the associate dean of development and external affairs at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law for the past decade, because of her deep contacts in the legal profession and her extensive experience in programming and fund-raising.
“Lynn’s unique experience, proven leadership, and her tremendous enthusiasm for the Forum and its mission will help us build upon our past success,” says GC Forum 2016 Board Chair Tim Hill, who is also the general counsel of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. in Houston.
Created in 1998, the Forum serves as “the premier best practices organization serving chief legal officers and other in-house legal leadership” through its regional chapters across Texas, Hill says.
GC Forum members include some of the most influential lawyers in the U.S., including AT&T General Counsel David McAtee, Energy Future Holding General Counsel Stacey Dore, Exxon Mobil General Counsel Jack Balagia, Fluor General Counsel Carlos Hernandez, Southwest Airlines General Counsel Mark Shaw and Yum! Brands General Counsel Marc Kesselman.
“I am very excited to be joining The General Counsel Forum, a tremendous organization with which I have been associated for the past 10 years,” says Bozalis, who was a lawyer in the litigation section at Baker Botts in Dallas before joining SMU. “The volunteer leadership at both the state and local levels is a passionate and dedicated group of top legal executives from across Texas.”
Bozalis played a key leadership role in the law school’s long-term strategic planning and helped it raise tens-of-millions of dollars for scholarships and academic efforts.
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