Harriet Miers - Timeline

Timeline

• August 10, 1945: Harriet Miers born in Dallas, Texas.
• 1967: Miers graduates from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics
• Summer 1969: Miers works for the firm of Belli, Ashe, Ellison, Choulos & Lieff
• 1970: Miers graduates from Southern Methodist University School of Law with a law degree
• 1970–1972: Miers works as a law clerk for Joe E. Estes, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• 1972: Miers begins working in private practice for the Dallas firm of Locke, Liddell & Sapp and predecessor firms before mergers.
• 1986: Miers becomes the first female president of the Dallas Bar Association
• January, 1989: Miers meets George W. Bush.
• 1989–1991: Miers elected an at-large member on the Dallas City Council; did not run for reelection.
• 1992: Miers becomes the first female head of the State Bar of Texas.
• 1994: Miers works as general counsel for Bush's transition team when Bush becomes governor of Texas.
• 1995: She becomes Bush's personal lawyer.
• 1995: Texas governor George W. Bush appoints Miers to chair the Texas Lottery Commission.
• 2000: Miers resigns from the Texas Lottery Commission, a year before her term ended.
• 2000: Locke, Liddell & Sapp settle a lawsuit asserting that "it aided a client in defrauding investors" for $22 million.
• 2000: Miers as a lawyer in his 2000 presidential campaign.
• 2001–2003: Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary
• 2003: Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
• 2004: White House Counsel, the chief legal adviser for the Office of the President.
• October 3, 2005: Nominated to Supreme Court.
• October 27, 2005: Supreme Court nomination withdrawn.
• January 4, 2007: Announced resignation as White House Legal Counsel.
• January 31, 2007: Effective date of resignation and departure from the White House.