Huyen Pham [Courtesy Photo.]
Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Huyen Pham has been elected to the American Law Institute (ALI). She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her A.B. in social studies from Harvard College. She chaired the Immigration Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools for 2016-17. The ALI is the “leading independent organization” in the U.S. producing scholarly work to improve the law, according to a statement by the law school. Celebrating 90 years of existence, the Institute is made up of 3,000 judges, lawyers and law professors from the United States and abroad.
Three Join Peckar & Abramson’s Construction Practice
National construction law firm Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) announced that two litigation and corporate attorneys have joined the firm’s Houston office in the firm’s Construction & Infrastructure Practice. Timothy A. Rothberg has been named a partner and Jonathan Scott Miles has been named senior counsel in the firm’s Houston office. In addition, Ian Fullington has been named as an associate in the firm’s Dallas office. Recently inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Rothberg provides both litigation services and corporate advice. He holds a B.A. in political science/communications from Houston Baptist University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. Miles’ experience includes advising clients on a wide range of commercial litigation and corporate concerns, particularly in the construction and energy sectors. Prior to joining Peckar & Abramson, he served as corporate counsel for The Brock Group and as vice president and general counsel for Houston’s Wolfcreek Group. Miles holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Washington & Lee University and a J.D. degree from Drake University Law School. Fullington focuses his practice on construction litigation, commercial dispute resolution and construction defect litigation and has significant experience with Texas lien and bond claims. Prior to this, he was an associate with Griffith Davison P.C. Fullington holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and economics from the University of Oklahoma, and a J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
