William C. Bednar, Of Counsel

wbednar@powell-leon.com
Mr. Bednar has a distinguished career in the field of education law, having served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas: Chief Education and Civil Rights Section, Senior Lecturer on Law and the Handicapped for UT Austin, and General Counsel to the Texas Education Agency.

Mr. Bednar has represented schools and individuals in school law matters in private practice.  He serves of counsel to the firm.  

 

Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1970 J.D.
Honors:
Editors Scholarship, Texas International Law Journal
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
American Jurisprudence Award: Federal Courts
American Jurisprudence Award: International Business Transactions
Research Assistant, Fulda & Schwartz
Law Journal: Editor in Chief, Texas International Law Journal

Stanford University, 1962  B.A.
Major: Political Science

Licenses & Memberships:
State Bar of Texas, 1970

Admitted to Practice in the Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas; the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia; and the Supreme Court of the United States

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Texas State Bar, College of the State Bar of Texas, 1988-91
Texas State Bar, School Law Section, 1980 -81, Chair
Texas State Bar, Public Law Section, 1978, Executive Council
Texas State Bar, 1975-1983, District 19 Admissions Committee
Travis County Bar Association, 1978 -81 Committee on Federal Judiciary
Education Law Association
Past President 1989
President 1988
President Elect 1987
Vice President 1986
Board of Directors 1982-1989

Service & Distinctions:
United States Marine Corps, Regular Officer, Vietnam 1965-66, 1962 -67
United States Marine Corps, Reserve Officer, 1967-84
United States Marine Corps, Retired, 1984
Austin Independent School District
Executive Committee, Forming the Future Project 1982
Project A+ Citizen's Advisory Committee (Empowerment Team) '89–90
Lay Citizens Textbook Advisory Committee 1990–1991
Austin YMCA
Board of Directors, 1980-87
President, 1983-84
Capital Area Rehabilitation Center
Board of Directors, 1975-97
President, 1981-82
Knights of the Symphony, 1971 -94
National Easter Seal Society
House of Delegates, 1989-90, 1992-94
St. George's Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas
Layreader, 1977-80, Senior Warden, 1973-74, Vestry 1972-74
St. George's Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas, 1977
Chairman, St. George's School Board
Texas Easter Seal Society
Board of Directors, 1985-94, Secretary, 1987, Chairman-elect, 1988
Texas Easter Seal Society, 1989 -91, Chairman
University United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas
Senior Lector, 199-98, Member, 1992 -Present
West Austin Rotary Club Board of Directors 1982 -83
Zachary Scott Theater Center Board of Directors,1973 -78  
U.S. District Judge Jack Roberts, Law Clerk, 1970 -72