Rep. Lamar Smith to Receive Texan of the Year Award

(Washington, D.C.) – Lamar Smith, a senior consultant at Akin Gump and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will be presented the Texan of the Year award by the Texas Legislative Conference.

Rep. Smith joined Akin Gump in January after 32 years in Congress. (Click here to read more.) During that time, he served as Chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. He also served as Chairman of both the Judiciary and Ethics committees and as a member of the Homeland Security Committee.

The Texas Legislative Conference is a nonpartisan organization of Texas business and political leaders who meet annually in New Braunfels, Texas, to focus on public policy issues. This year’s topics will include changing demographics of Texas, property taxes and school finance, and transitions in the Legislature.

Past recipients of the Texan of the Year award include Presidents, U.S. Senators, Congressmen, Governors and business icons. In 1992, the award was given to Robert Strauss, one of Akin Gump’s founding partners.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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