Andrews Kurth’s Carroll Ray Named to UH Regent Board

HOUSTON – Andrews Kurth is pleased to announce that Carroll Robertson Ray, who is Of Counsel in the firm’s Tax practice in Houston, has been selected for a seat on the University of Houston System’s nine-member board of regents. She will serve through August 31, 2011.

Ray, along with new members Nelda Blair, Jacob Monty and Mica Mosbacher, will assist in the oversight of the system’s $1.1 billion budget.

“We congratulate Carroll on her appointment to the University of Houston System’s Board of Regents,” said Bob Jewell, Andrews Kurth Managing Partner. “She has an unending commitment to education, our community and our profession, and will bring excellent vision to the board.”

In addition to her law practice in general estate planning matters and related issues, Ray serves on the boards of the Houston Ballet and Houston Museum of Natural Science and as secretary of the Cullen Trust for Performing Arts.

Ray has been named as a Texas Rising Star in Texas Monthly magazine from 2005 through 2007. She received a B.S. from Northwestern University in 1974 and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2002.

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.