Home  About Us Richard Lawton Thurston, Ph.D.
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Richard Lawton Thurston, Ph.D. |
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Vice President and General Counsel
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas (1996 ~ 2001)
Partner, Corporate, International, and Technology Sections
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, Texas (1984 ~ 1996)
Vice President Corporate staff, Assistant General Counsel
DUANE MORRIS & HECKSCHER, Philadelphia, Pa. (1980-1984); associate.
Areas of concentration: international trade and investment; general
corporate; administrative law and antitrust litigation.
EDUCATION:
GRADUATE: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., MA (1973)
(Thesis on Woodrow Wilson's Asia-Pacific Policy); Ph.D. (1979).
Dissertation: CHINA'S CIVIL LAW REFORM MOVEMENT, 1910-1930.
LEGAL: Rutgers School of Law - J.D. (1980), with concentration in international trade and investment and antitrust law.
NON-DEGREE: During 1975-1976, enrolled at the Soochow University School
of Law, Taipei, Taiwan, thanks to a graduate fellowship from Rotary
International.
UNDERGRADUATE: Alma College, Alma, Michigan, BA (1971), cum laude with Honors in History.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
Texas (1985), New Jersey (1980), Pennsylvania (1980), U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania and for the District of New Jersey, United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States
International Trade Court.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Bar Association, (Chairman of the China Committee of the
International Law and Practice Section, 1990-1995 ); Texas and Dallas
Bar Associations; Asiatic Society of Japan; Association of Asian
Studies; Member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Studies
Foundation; Member of Board of Directors, Asia Pacific Intellectual
Property Association, 2003 - present; Republicans Overseas, 1987-1991
(Secretary, Japan Chapter);Taiwan Chapter: 2002 - present; Member, the
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (1987 - 1990); Member of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1997 - 2001, Dallas Committee on
Foreign Relations, 1990 - present; U.S. - Japan Business Council, 1985
- 2001 (co-chair, Entrepreneur Initiatives Task Force); U.S -Korea
Business Council, 1985 - 2001 (Intellectual Property Committee and
Executive Committee); Executive Committee of the Dallas-China
Partnership; President, Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
(1999 - 2001); Co-Chair, Asia Advisory Council, Greater Dallas Chamber
of Commerce (1999 - 2001); International Advisory Council, Greater
Dallas Chamber of Commerce (1998 - 2001); Co-Chair, International
Committee, Richardson Chamber of Commerce (1999 - 2001); Member of
Board of Directors, ATAC Swim Club (1999 - 2001); U.S. - People's
Republic of China Civil Technology Committee, appointed by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 2000 - 2001; Volunteer of the Year, 2000,
Technology Business Council, Richardson, Telecom Corridor®, Board of
Directors, Richardson Symphony Orchestra, 2000 - 2001. Rotary Club of
Taipei, 2001 - present; University of Texas at Dallas, Research
Advisory Board member, 2001 - present; Co-founder and Vice President,
Hsinchu International Community Association; Member, Association of
Corporate Counsel; Advisory Board of the International Law and
Technology Institute of The Center for American and International Law,
Dallas, Texas.
Lecturer on trade and investment law, Dallas-Fort Worth School of Law (now known as the Wesleyan Law School), Fall 1990, 1991.
Adjunct Professor, Southern Methodist School of Law, 2000 - 2002.
Selected College Recognitions: Delta Sigma Phi (Social) (President),
Alpha Theta (History) (President), Omicron Delta Kappa (President),
Senior Class President, Alma College Varsity Swim Team Captain.
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America.
Adjunct Professor,
Graduate Institute of Technology Law, National ChiaoTung University, 2002 ~ present
Adjunct Professor, School of Law, Soochow University 2002 ~ present. |
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