Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT August 22,2005 Mr. John D. White, Chair Opinion No. GA-03 5 1 Board of Regents The Texas A&M University System Re: Legal status of a state university’s contract Post Office Box C-l with a law firm when an individual who became College Station, Texas 77843 amember ofthe university’s board ofregents after the contract was awarded subsequently became a partner in the law firm (RQ-0320-GA) Dear Mr. White: Through your general counsel, your predecessor asked about the legal status of a contract between The Texas A&M University System (“TAMUS”) and a law firm,…