Lee Hamel

Background

Hamel, Lee was born on October 1, 1940 in New York City. Son of Herman and Jessie Blanche (Mapes) Hamel.

Education

Bachelor, Duke U., 1962; Juris Doctor, University Texas, 1967; postgraduate, U. Houston, since 1997.

Career

Worked at Lee Hamel (AV) (Houston, Texas) specializing in Business Litigation, White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Texas. United States. Supreme Court.

United States Tax Court. United States. Court of Military Appeals. United States Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits.

United States. District Court, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas. Faculty Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Southern Region, 1986 —. Assistant United States.

Attorney, Southern District of Texas, 1967-1971, and Chief, Corpus Christi Division, 1970-1971. Author, Commentary "Prosecutional Responsibility - Federal Courts," The Texas Lawyer, June 15, 1992. Member: Houston, Federal and American (Member, White Collar Crime Committee.

Chairman, Health Care Fraud Committee-Business Law Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation.

Texas Bar Foundation. Military: Commander, United States. Naval Reserve, Retired.

Achievements

• Bar: Texas 1967, United States Court Appeals (5th and 11th circuits) 1968, United States Court Military Appeals 1968, United States District Court (southern district) Texas 1968, United States SupremeCt. 1971, United States Tax Court 1979, United States District Court (western district) Texas 1984, United States District Court (eastern district) Texas 1994.

Membership

Former trustee St. Luke's Hospital, Houston, St. James Home for Aged, Baytown. Former director Executive Board Episcopal Diocese of Texas. President St. Francis Endowment Fund, 1993-1994.

Former councilman Hunters Creek Village, Texas Commander United States Navy, 1962-1964, United States Naval Reserve, retired 1993. Fellow College of State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Foundation, State Bar Texas. Member American Bar Association (litigation secretary, white collar crime committee, business secretary, chair health care fraud subcomittee), FBA, Houston Bar Association, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Association (board directors).

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking.

Connections

Married Carole Ann Holmes, December 30, 1965. Children: Todd Leland, Stuart Russell.

Father:

Herman Hamel

Mother:

Jessie Blanche (Mapes) Hamel

Spouse:

Carole Ann Holmes

child:

Stuart Russell Hamel

child:

Todd Leland Hamel