Background
III, Joe W. Pitts was born on November 24, 1960 in Baton Rouge. Son of Joe Wise Pitts Junior and Bobbie (Chachere) Edwards.
III, Joe W. Pitts was born on November 24, 1960 in Baton Rouge. Son of Joe Wise Pitts Junior and Bobbie (Chachere) Edwards.
Certified, Cambridge (England) University, 1980; special diploma, Oxford (England) University, 1981; Bachelor, Tulane University, 1982; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1985.
Associate, Legal Resources Center, Johannesburg, Republic South Africa, 1984; associate, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, 1985-1988; visiting assistant professor of law, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1988-1989; partner, Baker and McKenzie, Dallas, 1989-1996; vice president, chief legal officer, Nokia, Inc., since 1996. Delegate United Nations Commision on Human Rights, Geneva, 1989, 92-96. United States delegate to international conference on European security North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Rome, 1990.
Board of directors Shakespeare Festival Dallas, 1987-1994, president, 1990-1991, chairman, 1991-1993. Board directors Proyecto Adelante, since 1988. Board directors Dallas Democratic Forum, 1989-1993, secretary, 1991-1992.
Chairman public awareness effort Dallas Young Lawyers Constitutional Bicentennial Program, 1985-1987, board directors, 1987-1991;volunteer Catholic Charities Dallas, since 1987, North Control Texas Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1985. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (vice chairman of the section of business law, younglawyers division 1986-1988, Executive Committee, international law committee since 1990, vice-chair 1991-1992, chair since 1993, editor-in-chief law practice notes BarristerMag.
1988-1991, commission on public understanding about law 1989-1991), Dallas Bar Association (Distinguished Pro Bono Svc. award, 1986, 87, 88, 91, coordinator immigration amnesty appeals committee 1987-1988, chair, minority participation committee 1988-1989, Pro Bono Volunteer of Year 1989, special recognition 1990, 92), Texas Association Young Lawyers (international law, editorial committees 1985-1991, chair refugee committee 1988-1990, co-chairman international law committee 1991-1993), Dallas Association Young Lawyers (co-chair international law committee 1990-1992, chair membership committee 1987-1988, chair bill of rights committee 1988-1989, treasurer 1989, vice president 1989-1990), Texas Accts. and Lawyers for Arts, Dallas Committee Foreign Rels. (general counsel 1987-1996), Council on Foreign Relations New York (term member), Dallas Council on World Affairs, Dallas Assembly, Crescent Spa Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa.