PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Admitted to bar, 1970, Georgia; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1981, Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.

Law Clerk: to the Honorable Griffin B. Bell, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1969-1970; to the Honorable Hugo L. Black, U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-1971; and to the Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1971.

Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1977-1981; Coudert Brothers Law Firm, Paris, France, 1972-1976; U.S. Representative to Court of Arbitration of International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France, 1972-1976; Honorary French Counsul, Austin, Texas, 1986-present.

Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1966); Duke University (J.D., 1969). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Morehead Scholar. Articles Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1968-1969.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represented 52 Mexican investors in a civil RICO suit in federal court in Atlanta to recover funds taken in U.S. real estate fraud scheme.
• Represented Mexican bank in successful civil RICO suit against U.S. and British companies to recover funds taken in complex fraudulent international money laundering operation.
• Represented Amoco, Exxon, Texaco and 29 other oil companies in litigation against the State of Texas challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Texas Unclaimed Property Act affecting some $500 million in unclaimed royalty payments.
• Represented pharmaceutical company in claim against Bangkok based Foundation before arbitral tribunal of International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration in order to obtain rights to intellectual property in injectable contraceptives.
• Defended one of five largest U.S. insurance companies against anti-trust suit brought by states.
• Represented plaintiffs who challenged congressional redistricting plan adopted by Texas legislature and obtained final decision by U.S. Supreme Court overturning that plan.
• Represented plaintiff in successful claims against twelve insurance companies for liability coverage on clean-up of major hazardous waste site.
• Represented Mexican company in successful litigation in U.S. federal court to recover damages for unfair competition.
• Represented French energy company in dispute arising out of extraction of natural gas from North Sea field.

Mr. Harmon's clients have included Proeza, S.A. de C.V., Aplicaciones Farmacéuticas, S.A. de C.V., Metalsa, S. de R.L., Gaz de France, Banco Confia and USF&G.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member: Austin Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. ; American Bar Association (International Law and Practice Section); State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Bar of the United States Supreme Court; District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Law Institute; Past President, Robert W. Calvert Chapter of the American Inns of Court (1993-1994); Executive Council, Mexico Center, Institute for Latin American Studies, The University of Texas (2000-2008).

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® published by Woodward/White, Inc., Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation, 2001-2013
• Texas Monthly, Super Lawyers®, published by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2004

COMMUNITY

• Austin International School, Board of Directors
• Central Presbyterian Church, Board of Elders