Outstanding Young Alumni
Carlos R. Rainer
Awarded 2014
Carlos R. Rainer, ’96, a partner with the distinguished law firm Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, has consistently been recognized as a leading attorney in matters of business litigation, corporate governance and compliance, internal investigations, and government enforcement actions and proceedings. His work involves millions of dollars.
He was a member of the Elliott T. Bowers Honors College at SHSU and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in history. He then attended the University of Texas School of Law and graduated in 2000.
Carlos has developed a reputation as a go-to lawyer and a trusted adviser to a diverse group of clients, including energy companies, financial and professional services firms, banks, transportation and distribution companies, technology firms, and industry associations and trade groups. Executive management, business principals and directors of private and public companies routinely rely on him for legal consultation and representation in complex litigation matters and other business disputes and controversies. His investigation experience covers the globe, having assisted clients with investigations in the United States and abroad including Canada, continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and other foreign territories.
Carlos has consistently been recognized in peer publications as a leading practitioner. He was selected as one of “Houston’s Top Lawyers” for business litigation in the H Texas Magazine, June 2010, a Rising Star in business litigation in “Texas Rising Stars,” Litigation, Law & Politics (consecutively from 2004 – 2013) and as one of the “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” H Texas Magazine (2004).
“Carlos is one of the finest, most promising young attorneys in the United States,” said James Olson, Distinguished Professor of History at SHSU and Texas State University System Regents Professor. “His gifts—intellectual acuity, verbal clarity, and clear expository prose—have taken him to the pinnacle of legal success for a young attorney. I am confident that SHSU will someday claim him as one of its most influential alumni.”