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Partner, Hacker Stephens LLP
Heather Gebelin Hacker is a partner at Hacker Stephens LLP. Before her time in the private sector, Heather served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Texas Attorney General’s office, representing the State in its most critical appellate litigation and advising senior officials and state agencies on important legal issues. She has extensive appellate experience, including before the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Appeals Courts, and the Texas Supreme Court. Her clients have included the Governor of Texas, the Attorney General of Texas, the University of Texas System, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Texas Legislature, among others.
Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society
Dean Reuter is Executive Vice President at the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. He has served in two federal government agency Offices of the Inspector General, as Counsel to the Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General, responsible for policing the use of federal funds granted and contracted through those agencies. As such, he helped conduct and oversee criminal investigations across the country. He is the principal author of the non-fiction book, The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America's Deal with the Devil, and editor of Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State and Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security. He was appointed by the President and served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and recently served as an appointee on the U.S. Commission on Presidential Scholars. He is a graduate of Hood College (BA with Honors) and the University of Maryland School of Law.
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Practice Groups Announce 2023 Volunteer & Executive Committee of the Year
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2023 National Lawyers Convention
Featuring: Hon. Dean A. Reuter, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, The Federalist Society
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2023 NLC Digital Survival Guide
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Remembering Judge James Buckley
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ABA and the Federalist Society Host Joint Program on Civility
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Remembering C. Boyden Gray: 1943 – 2023
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Boyden Gray. He was a wonderful man,...
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Remembering Marisa Maleck
The Federalist Society notes with great sadness the untimely passing of Marisa Maleck. Marisa was...