DALLAS – LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs Newswirel – James F. Brashear, an attorney with extensive experience in corporate governance, aviation and securities law, has been named partner in the Haynes and Boone, LLP corporate/securities practice.
Mr. Brashear served for six years as corporate secretary for Sabre Holdings Corporation, a nearly $3 billion NYSE-listed company, where he led the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley Act and securities law compliance before the company was taken private in March of this year.
He served for 10 years as corporate secretary, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for that company’s global subsidiaries, including Sabre Inc. and Travelocity. And for five years Mr. Brashear was an in-house attorney for American Airlines, Inc., where he served as the lead attorney in the formation of Sabre Holdings as an independent company in 1996.
“Jim brings to our firm the perspectives and practical experience of chief governance officer, corporate secretary and counsel of a public company, thus allowing us to continue our leadership position in providing client-focused, value-added advice to our publicly traded clients,” said Haynes and Boone partner Janice V. Sharry. “Jim is a well-known and senior securities and corporate governance lawyer with extensive supervisory and hands-on experience in dealing with the many complex legal issues faced by public companies.”
Mr. Brashear, a frequent speaker on corporate governance matters, is currently serving his second term as National Director of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, and is a member of that organization’s Securities Law Committee, Corporate Practices Committee, Public Company Affairs Committee, and National Conference Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of TheCorporateCounsel.net.
He obtained his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1982 after majoring in political science with minors in European history and Spanish literature at the University of California, San Diego, which awarded him a B.A. in 1979.
Mr. Brashear was admitted to practice law in California in 1982, and Texas in 1991.
Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Moscow, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 450 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal. The firm has been recognized by Vault.com as one of the “20 Best Law Firms to Work For,” by Corporate Board Member Magazine as one of the “Best Corporate Law Firms in America,” and has received the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Thomas L. Sager Award for its commitment to diversity.
