The Board of Trustees
Harry M. Reasoner
Life Member Trustee
Harry M. Reasoner graduated from Rice University in 1960 and from The University of Texas School of Law in 1962. He then completed post-graduate work at the University of London as a Rotary Foundation Fellow, studying international law and comparative law of competition and monopoly. He clerked for Judge Charles E. Clark on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1963-1964. He joined Vinson & Elkins in 1964 and was Managing Partner from 1992 through 2001. His principal area of practice is complex civil litigation, including antitrust and securities litigation.
Mr. Reasoner is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, and the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Reasoner’s professional memberships include The American Law Institute and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Mr. Reasoner serves on the Board of Trustees of Baylor College of Medicine and as a Trustee Emeritus of The Center for American and International Law and of Rice University. He chairs the Supreme Court-appointed Texas Access to Justice Commission. He is a Board Member of the Houston A+ Challenge for Public School Reform and The Supreme Court of the United States Historical Society. He is also a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas and a Life Trustee of The University of Texas Law School Foundation.