TSU Office of General Counsel

ATTORNEYS

James Douglas, Interim General Counsel

Tammye Curtis-Jones, Associate General Counsel

Tammye Curtis-Jones joined the Office of General Counsel in 2006.  Prior to that, she served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas and also worked as an Assistant General Counsel for the State Bar of Texas.  Tammye has had experience with the U.S. Department of Education as a Staff Attorney in the Civil Rights Office.  Additionally, Tammye has over fourteen (14) years of experience as a mediator.  Tammye earned her B.S. from Sam Houston State University and her J.D. from Texas Southern’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law.  Tammye has broad experience in litigation, employment law, family law and education law.

STAFF

Kedric Patterson, Legal Assistant

Kedric has been with the Office of General Counsel since May 2002. Prior to that, he worked for the City of Houston Municipal Court system.  Kedric previously worked in the University’s Department of Academic Affairs under the direction of Dr. Bobby Wilson and is a graduate of Texas Southern University with a B.A. degree in Administration of Justice.