HARRISON VICKERS 10407 Willowgrove Drive Houston, Texas 77035 (713) 829-3113 hv12c5520@westpost.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Vickers Power, L.L.C., Houston, Texas November 2007 - Present General Counsel - Austin-area energy consulting company specializing in the desi gn and procurement of electric power supplies for major consumers * Managed, designed, and drafted requests for proposal for major university's el ectric power supplies * Prepared documentation and marketing plan for the United States Department of Defense to supply electric power to a federal agency * Designed and executed governmental relations program with the State of Texas a nd federal agencies The Choice Energy Group, Houston, Texas February 2005 - September 2007 General Counsel - Energy group involved in institutional natural gas brokerage, retail and wholesale electric power, and financial vehicle structures * Designed governmental relations for the State of Texas and federal entities * Performed and/or supervised corporate legal work * Designed general marketing programs and required corporate governance support * Managed hedge fund formation * Managed WMBE certification and long-range WMBE strategy * Participated in preliminary planning for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance The Vickers Law Firm P.C., Houston, Texas December 1998 - March 2005 Professional corporation partnered with major law firms that represented compani es and managed public-entity litigation * Represented State of Texas in national environmental enforcement action that r esulted in a record Clean Water Act recovery * Represented property owner of commercial real estate in successful environment al premises liability case * Managed negotiations for individual investor in acquisition of 100% ownership of Houston energy company * Represented internationally-renowned physician * Negotiated and documented purchase of interest in an NFL franchise for an indi vidual investor * Defended division of Fortune 100 company in contract-based litigation * Represented group of ranchers in litigation involving one of the largest envir onmental accidents in Texas Fisher, Gallagher, Perrin & Lewis, Houston, Texas August 1987 - December 1998 Houston law firm specializing in civil trial and appellate work * Designed and managed new practice area for the law firm in the field of indust rial lung disease * Designed and managed new practice area for the law firm in the field of govern mental representation in environmental matters * Worked on major cases of estate-based litigation * Worked on major industrial explosion cases * Contributed to conferences and policy considerations of the Fifth Judicial Cir cuit Court of Appeals of the United States European/Canadian Business Groups August 1980 - August 1987

Group of business interests located mainly in Western Europe and Canada * Retained by joint venture of Alumino Nord and Phoenix, S.P.A (Italian manufact uring company) to perform governmental relations and contractor scheduling for c onstruction of mini-steel mill in Saltillo, Mexico. Project completed on time an d on budget. * Designed and managed technology design and transfer of oilfield production equ ipment for Voest-Alpine, AG (state-owned Austrian heavy industrial manufacturer) . Obtained U.S Technology Export Control License for shipment of equipment to Ea stern European markets. * Advised Kernhaus, N.V (Swiss investment firm) on the development of nuclear lo gging tools for oilfield exploration. Obtained state permits to purchase and pos sess nuclear materials in the United States. * Represented Heidelberger Group, GMBH (German natural resources Company) to obt ain mining permits for sand, gravel and coal in the State of Texas. Production o f sand and gravel was dedicated to the Lehigh-Portland Cement division of Heidel berger Group. * Retained by owner of Montreal Canadians (NHL hockey team) to produce basic stu dy of U.S. anti-trust law * Advised OKGT (Hungarian national oil company) on procedures and equipment for contract drilling projects * Retained to accomplish confidential projects in Mexico and Ecuador Kaplan Interests, Houston, Texas December 1973 - August 1980 Privately-held investment group * Performed due diligence investigations of proposed acquisition targets * Negotiated and documented asset acquisitions, trades and sales * Had operational authority over numerous operating companies (including banks, restaurants and manufacturing concerns) * Corporate Secretary of the Houston Rockets (NBA franchise) * President and Trustee of the Houston Aeros (WHA franchise) * Member of Board of Governors of the Summit (publicly-financed sports arena) * Witness before the 1974-1975 United States Congressional Select Committee on P rofessional Sports (appeared with Pete Rozelle, Larry O'Brian, Bowie Kuhn, and C larence Campbell) * Member of the NHL/WHA Merger Committee that successfully merged competing prof essional hockey leagues. The merger received federal judicial approval. * Delegate to the 1975 Hockey World Games in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Helped deve lop the trend for the recruitment of European players for North American profess ional teams. Executive Assistant, Governor of Texas, Austin, Texas October 1971 - December 1973 * Campaign Manager, Harris County campaign for Dolph Briscoe * Campaign Manager, statewide campaign for Dolph Briscoe * Executive Director, Texas Democratic Party * Executive Assistant to the Governor of Texas, the Honorable Dolph Briscoe Miller, Gann, Perdue & Draughn, Houston, Texas June 1969 - December 1971 * Associate responsible for research, discovery, and second chair support of Jim Perdue, a nationally-recognized authority on medical liability law * Trial lawyer with full responsibility for docket of over 100 cases * Assisted Senior Partner with general management issues COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT * Sponsor of several underprivileged youths in junior golf programs (1980-presen t) * Board Member of Harris County Juvenile Court Volunteers, a United Way Agency t hat provides mentoring and support for at-risk children (last three years as Cha

irman) [1975-1986] * Coach and financial supporter of Spring-Branch Memorial Sports Foundation, an association that provides sports opportunities to thousands of boys and girls in West Houston (1974-1985) * Member of State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College, donating at least 200 hours of free legal service annually to those who cannot afford an attorney (1971-present ) LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS * * * * * * Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed AV-rated by in in in in by State Bar of Texas, April 1971 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Martindale-Hubbell

EDUCATION Bates College of Law, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, Juris Doctorate ecember 1970 * Associate Editor, Houston Law Review * Member, Barons (scholastic honors society) * Member, Advocates (honorary moot court society) * Justice, Law School Honor Court * Magister, Phi Delta Phi * School Representative, 1969-1970 ABA Congress (Dean's selection) Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, B.A., History May, 1968 D