Wendy Duong (Dương Như Nguyện)

Professor Wendy Duong
Professor Duong came to the College of Law with 18 years of legal experience, including her former positions as Special Trial Attorney for the SEC Office of General Counsel in the early 90s, and as Senior Legal Advisor for Mobil-Asia Pacific in the mid-90s. During 1998-1999, she supervised a team of lawyers to review the Y2K liability exposure for all international facilities of a Texas-based multi-national energy company.

Professor Duong's legal career included her service to the City of Houston as Associate Municipal Judge and Magistrate of the State of Texas. In 1992, the ABA honored her as the first Vietnamese American judge in the U.S., among other pioneer minority women in the judiciary.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Professor Duong spent five years in public school education. At the age of 24, she became the first Asian woman appointed by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education to an executive position. As the HISD's Risk Management Executive Director, she was instrumental in implementing public awareness programs and the removal and abatement of asbestos from school buildings in accordance with EPA mandates. She also taught business communications in adult education programs jointly sponsored by the HISD and the Houston Community College

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