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TLPC Hosts David Hausrath
David Hausrath
David Hausrath

Sep 01, 2009 - David Hausrath, General Counsel of Ashland, Inc. will be on campus to present a program entitled, "What is Transactional Law?" He will give a brief overview of transactional law and speak about several transactions he has experienced. Food will be provided.

As senior vice president and general counsel, Mr. Hausrath is responsible for managing all legal and corporate governance matters pertaining to Ashland. In addition, he directs the company's government relations function and is chairman of Ashland's Ethics and Compliance Committee. Since 1999, he has also shared overall responsibility for setting global strategy, managing capital, and upholding Ashland's operating principles as a member of the company's Executive Committee.

Hausrath joined Ashland's Law Department in 1980 as an attorney. He assumed positions of steadily increasing responsibility, becoming associate general counsel in 1997. He was promoted to vice president in 1998 and general counsel in 1999. In 2004, he was elected senior vice president.

The Virginia native earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, and from 1974 to 1976, he was employed by DuPont in Richmond, Va., as a design engineer. He subsequently earned his J.D. degree from the University of Richmond Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. Before joining Ashland, he served as a law clerk for the Virginia Supreme Court.

Hausrath is a member of the American Corporate Counsel Association, American Bar Association, Ethics Officer Association, Kentucky Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky.

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