Harry G. Potter III, of counsel

Harry has been with Williams Kherkher since 1999 and currently serves as the firm's General Counsel.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985
• Law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987

Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• Travis County Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Honors and distinctions

• Appointed by the Texas Supreme Court in 2005 to serve on the 9-member Texas Professional Ethics Committee, which issues advisory opinions on compliance with the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct
• Founding Life Fellow of the Travis County Bar Foundation
• Served on the State Bar Grievance Committee for District 9A for six years
• Twice elected Chairman of the State Bar Grievance Committee for District 9A

Licensed to practice

• All Texas state courts
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Past experience

• Harry spent 10 years as a lawyer in the Texas Attorney General's Office where he served as Deputy Division Chief of the General Litigation Division and later as a Special Assistant Attorney General
• After leaving the Attorney General's Office, Harry taught full-time as a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas School of Law, where he taught Professional Responsibility