Background
Waller, Michael R. was born on December 11, 1953 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Waller, Michael R. was born on December 11, 1953 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Auburn University (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Limited liability partnership (Moscow) specializing in Energy Regulatory and Policy Law, Corporate and International Law, Oil and Gas Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Texas. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas.
1983, United States. Supreme Court. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
1986, District of Columbia (Not admitted in Russia). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of Barristers.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award.
Editor-in-Chief, Houston Law Review, 1979. Author: "Initial Rate Filing for Common Carrier Pipelines: An Exercise in Sisyphean Labor," 15 Hous. L. Review 331 (1978). Law Clerk for Honorable Robert O"Connor, Junior, United States.
District Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1979-1980.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, United Gas Pipe Lincolnshire Company, 1991-1992. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
International Lawyers Group of Moscow (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).
Member, Order of Barristers. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Editor-in-Chief, Houston Law Review, 1979.