It’s through a knowing lens that Pat Oxford views the news that Dallas landed as one of two cities—the other is Cleveland—that the Republican National Committee is considering for its 2016 convention. Oxford, the chairman and former managing partner of Houston’s Bracewell & Giuliani, represented the host committee formed by Houston city fathers and leading businessmen before Republicans held their 1992 convention there.
In Dallas, Bracewell & Giuliani lawyers have offered pro bono services to those working to persuade the RNC selection committee to choose Dallas, Oxford said. Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, senior counsel at Bracewell in Big D, helped show the RNC convention selection committee around town when they visited recently.
