General Experience

Mr. Bond has been in the active practice of law since 1968. Mr. Bond has served for over twenty years as general counsel for The Texas A&M University System, during which time he has managed, mediated and resolved hundreds of grievances, complaints and claims. Serving as deputy chancellor, Mr. Bond has line reporting responsibilities for the areas of system-wide facilities, planning and construction, insurance and risk management, patentable discoveries and technology transfers, research park and facilities, and the system-wide real estate management office. For three years prior to his retirement, Mr. Bond served the A&M System as vice chancellor for public affairs and supervised the legislative activity at the state and local level. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Bond enjoyed a successful ten year career as an insurance and real estate broker.

Prior Positions

President: The Herman F Heep & Minnie Belle Heep Texas A&M University Foundation, 1998-2010
Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Senior Associate General Counsel, 1994-1998
Deputy Chancellor for External Affairs and General Counsel, The Texas A&M University System, 1976-1994
Partner, West, Adams, Bind and Falco, Navasota, Texas, 1968-1976
Insurance and Real Estate Broker, W.E. Gibson Agency/Gibson-Bond Real Estate, Navasota, Texas, 1958-1968
Commissioned Officer, U.S. Army Reserves, 1958-1965

Educational Background

Co-Mediation Enhancement Training, 1998
Basic and Family Mediation Training, 1997
J.D., University of Houston, Bates College of Law, 1968
B.S., Texas A&M University, 1958
Governor's Executive Development Program, LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1989
Aetna Life & Casualty Company Home Office Exec. Development Program, 1959

Selected Memberships and Activities

• Texas Bar Association, 1968 to Present
• Brazos County Bar Association, 1976 to Present
• National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1976 to 1998
• Texas State Bar Foundation, 1992
• Life Fellow, 2007
• Trustee, Humana Hospital, Brazos Valley Board of Trustees, 1990-1992
• Trustee, Texas Baptist Children’s Home, Round Rock, Texas, 1984-1988
• Council Member, City of College Station, 1985-1987
• Texas Association of State University Attorneys, 1980 to 1998 (founding member)
• Commissioner, Texas Industrial Commission, 1973-1978
• Trustee, Navasota Independent School District Board of Trustees, 1971-1976
• President, Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, 1971
• Admitted to practice before Supreme Court of Texas, Southern District U.S. Court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court
• Membership in sections of the State Bar include: real estate probate and trust law; construction law; oil, gas and mineral law; administrative and public law.
• Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
• Matindale-Hubbell AV rated