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S. Theis Rice Related Seminars and Products

Chief Legal Officer

Trinity Industries, Inc.

Mr. Rice began his career at Trinity Industries in 1990 as Environmental Legal Counsel. Since 1990 he has held multiple key positions including Environmental Director, Chief Counsel Business Segments, and Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions. As Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions, he led Trinity's acquisition of four Romanian rail manufacturing and supply /trading companies during Romania's privatization initiative and thereafter moved to Europe to run the newly-acquired businesses. Upon his return from Europe he was appointed by the Board of Directors as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and was later elected by the Board of Directors as a Senior Vice President of the company, retaining his role as Chief Legal Officer, with additional responsibility for Trinity's safety, environmental, and ethics and compliance departments.
Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Rice was a principal and co-founder of SportsBand Radio Network and served as General Counsel for a Dallas family with interests in mineral exploration and development, natural gas gathering and transmission, real estate, and banking.
Mr. Rice graduated cum laude from South Texas College of Law where he was a published member and Comments Editor of South Texas Law Touma/ and the recipient of two Bancroft-Whitney/Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company awards for excellence in legal studies. Prior to law school he received his BA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and thereafter attended the University of Dallas Graduate School of Business Management.

Stephanie Zapata Moore Related Seminars and Products

Executive Vice President/General Counsel

Vistra Energy

As executive vice president and general counsel of Vistra Energy, Moore advises the company’s leadership team on legal, regulatory and corporate governance matters, in addition to overseeing the corporate secretary’s office and leading the company’s legal and compliance team.
Prior to her current role, Moore served as vice president and general counsel of Luminant, a competitive power generation subsidiary of Vistra Energy and its predecessor Energy Future Holdings. Moore’s primary responsibilities included coordination and delivery of all legal services for Luminant, including commercial matters, litigation, environmental advocacy, and regulatory compliance and counseling. In addition, she worked closely with other senior leaders to develop and implement the company’s strategy for addressing numerous environmental, permitting and other regulatory matters, including comments on proposed rulemakings, advocacy before relevant regulatory agencies, and representing the company’s position in litigation and administrative proceedings. She also oversaw contract administration and Luminant’s compliance program.
Prior to joining Luminant in 2005, Moore was an associate at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in the corporate and securities practice group, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions and private securities offerings. She also spent a year in the trial practice group at Gardere, where she represented clients in commercial litigation matters.
Moore received her undergraduate degree in English from Duke University and her law degree from William & Mary School of Law.

Sandra Waddell Related Seminars and Products

Managing Counsel

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

D. Patrick Long Related Seminars and Products

Partner

ABOTA/Squire Patton Boggs

Pat is a founding partner of the Dallas office, of Squire Patton Boggs. For more than 30 years, Pat has routinely tried major jury trials for a wide range of clients in federal and state courts, and has handled numerous arbitrations. Pat obtained his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and he graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University. He formerly served as Chair of the District Thirteen Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas, and Past-President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.