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2024-2025

Executive Board

President

Imran Hyder

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
Carnegie Mellon University, 2022

Imran is a 3L from Sugar Land, Texas. He is interested in corporate law, particularly bankruptcy and restructuring. Throughout the past summers, Imran has worked at Chamberlain Hrdlicka and and Chevron in Houston. He will be joining Simpson Thacher in their corporate group after graduation. Imran enjoys hiking, trying different wines, and the Houston Astros.


Vice President

Madison Wiedeman

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021

Madison is a 2L from Austin, TX. This past summer, Madison worked at Kirkland & Ellis' Austin office in the general corporate transactional practice group and will be returning next summer. Outside of law school, Madison enjoys playing tennis and exploring new Austin restaurants with friends.


Director of External Affairs

Avery Schuster

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
The University of Virginia, 2021

Avery is a 2L from Dallas, Texas. She is interested in corporate transactional work. She spent her 1L summer with Winston & Strawn in the Dallas office and will be returning next year. Outside of law school, Avery enjoys reading books from Reese Witherspoon's Book Club, playing guitar, and eating Tex-Mex. 


Director of Internal Affairs

Ananiya Balaji

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2026
The University of Texas at Dallas, 2021

Ananiya is a 2L from Rochester Hills, Michigan. She is interested in the corporate sector within the transaction sphere of legal work. Ananiya worked at the Palisades Group LLC with their in-house legal department over the summer and will continue working with them throughout her 2L year. Outside of law school Ananiya enjoys TTRPGs, playing guitar, and testing new recipes. 


Director of DE&I

Malcom Montgomery

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2026
Texas Tech University, 2023

Malcom Montgomery is a 2L at the University of Texas at Austin school of law. He is interested in working in civil rights and copyright law. Malcom worked in Austin this summer at The University of Texas Business Contracts office. Outside of law school, Malcom enjoys traveling, binge watching reality TV, and playing trivia. 


Director of Finance

Samuel Collins

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2026
The University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, 2018

Samuel graduated in 2018 from The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. While an undergraduate, Samuel was a member of Penn’s Lightweight rowing team and Wharton’s Undergraduate Energy Group. Samuel worked for Marriott International where he oversaw the financial performance of convention-oriented hotels and Luxury properties in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Florida. During that time, he facilitated the conversion of a $375m hotel into a franchise property while navigating the uncertainties in the NYC market post-COVID. Samuel managed a team of finance associates and executed profit-generating initiatives despite tight labor conditions in these markets.


DIRECTOR OF NEW MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Kris Bortz

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2026
Tufts University, 2023

Kris is a 2L from Walnut Creek, California. He is interested in corporate transactional work and spent his 1L summer working at Vinson & Elkins. Outside of law school, Kris enjoys running, watching sports, and spending time with family and friends. 


EXECUTIVE Director of Texas Transactional Skill Program

Louis Newsom

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
The George Washington University, 2016

Louis is a 2L from Norfolk, MA. He is interested in transactional corporate law, in particular the development and financing of renewable energy projects at utility scale. Louis spent his 1L summer at the Texas Facilities Commission. In his free time, Louis enjoys  reading about international affairs, playing pickleball, and shooting pool.


Director of texas transactional skills program

Aaron Calder

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
Syracuse University, 2012

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Director of Texas Transactional Skills Program

Madelyn Lorenz 

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
Syracuse University, 2012

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Director of Texas Transactional Skills Program

Kendall Lincoln

University of Texas School of Law, J.D. Expected May 2025
University of Texas at Dallas, 2021

I am a 3L from Austin, Texas. I am interested in corporate transactional work as well as urban planning and development. I am also involved in the Texas International Law Journal, in which I serve as the Managing Editor of Business. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, going to the gym, and learning about architecture and design.