Thomas Leland Hughes

Background

Hughes, Thomas Leland was born on February 29, 1924 in New York City. Son of Clair Brinton and Emma (Stephenson) Hughes.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, 1949). Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Facultad de Derecho (1966).

Spoken languages: Spanish and Portuguese.

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York 1966, Venezuela.

President: Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1976-1977. Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, 1985-1987.

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York

Colegio de Abogados del Distrito Federal (Venezuela), American, Inter-American and International Bar Associations. American Foreign Law Association.

Asociacion de Derecho Tributario. (Also Partner, Travieso Evans Hughes Arria Rengel & Paz, Caracas, Venezuela).

Achievements

• Thomas Leland Hughes has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant junior grade United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, International Bar Association, Colegio de Abogados, Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce (president 1976, 77), Association American C. of Cs. in Latin American (president 1985-1987), Yale Club (New York), American Yacht Club.

Interests

• Photography, travel, skiing.

Connections

Married Yolanda Pedraza, January 17, 1954 (divorced February, 1977). Children: Maria, Joshua William. Married Erika Hilde Maier, March 11, 1977.

Father:

Clair Brinton Hughes

Mother:

Emma (Stephenson) Hughes

Spouse:

Erika Hilde Maier

Spouse:

Yolanda Pedraza

child:

Joshua William Hughes

child:

Maria Hughes