Dona Glimm Hamilton, the University of Houston’s chief legal officer, wears three hats: Vice
Chancellor for Legal Affairs, UH System, Vice President for Legal Affairs, UH, General
Counsel, UH System and UH. Dona is an attorney licensed by the State Bar of Texas and
teaches at the University's Law Center as an adjunct professor.

Dona G. Hamilton

B.A., University of Texas, 1982
J.D., University of Texas School of
Law, 1986

Dona Glimm Hamilton earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She
first joined the Texas Attorney General’s office in 1987 as an Assistant Attorney General in the General
Litigation Division, having previously worked in Texas legislative positions. She left the position of Assistant
Attorney General in 1992 to become a shareholder in the Austin-based Morehead, Jordan & Carmona law firm.

Dona Hamilton returned to the Attorney General’s office in 1995 and became Deputy Chief of the General
Litigation Division in 1996. As Deputy Chief of the General Litigation Division, Dona supervised 30 attorneys with
responsibility for the 700-plus cases handled by the division. The division represents state officials and
agencies/universities in litigation involving employment law, personal injury claims, whistle-blower claims, federal
and state civil rights law (including class actions), and claims of constitutional violations.

Dona Hamilton represented the University of Houston in Septimus v. University of Houston, a high-profile
discrimination and retaliation suit brought by former General Counsel staff lawyer Susan Septimus, which
resulted in a six-figure damage award against the University. The judgment was reversed by the Fifth Circuit on
a technicality in the jury charge. See Septimus v. Univ. of Houston, 399 F.3d 601 (5th Cir. 2005). The parties
subsequently settled the case upon remand to the federal district court in Houston.

Dona Hamilton joined the University of Houston as General Counsel in June 2002, replacing Dennis Duffy after
the University had suffered a rare legal defeat in the precedent-setting Septimus case.

Dona Hamilton has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1986 and is a member of the bars of the United
States District Courts of all four federal districts in Texas. Dona is also admitted to practice before the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Dona Hamilton is a named defendant/respondent in the litigation brought to end the University of Houston's
practice of hiring and paying judges who hear cases in which the university is a party. The case is currently
before the U.S. Supreme Court. See Hirczy v. Hamilton No. 06-784.

E-mail: dghamilton@uh.edu
Phone: (713) 743-0949
Fax:: (713) 743-0948