The University of Texas at Austin   School of Law

Education

• JD South Texas College of Law
• LLM University of Houston
• BBA Texas Tech

Denney Wright has worked for ExxonMobil Corporation for thirty-eight years, starting initially in the Controller’s Department but serving most of his career in the Tax Department as a tax accountant and a tax lawyer. Mr. Wright has served in many positions over the years, primarily in the United States but also in the United Kingdom. He is currently Senior Tax Counsel - Gas & Power Marketing, where he oversees the worldwide tax aspects of this segment of ExxonMobil Corporation’s business.

Mr. Wright holds a BBA in accounting from Texas Tech University (May, 1974), a JD from South Texas College of Law (May, 1978) and an LLM in Taxation from the University of Houston Law Center (May, 1993). Mr. Wright is a member of the Texas Bar, a member of the American Bar Association and a participant in other oil and gas industry groups including the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Wright has served on the Parker Fielder Oil & Gas Tax Conference Advisory Committee and has appeared as a panelist at the Parker Fielder Tax Conference. Mr. Wright published “Understanding the Windfall Profits Tax Act” in the Petroleum Landman in 1980 and Co-Chaired the United States/China Oil and Gas Tax Joint Government/Industry Biennial Conference in Beijing, China in 1998.

As an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Texas School of Law, Mr. Wright has taught Oil and Gas Taxation for many years. Mr. Wright is married, has three children and is active in his church as well as in scouting and community service activities.