Susan L. Sakmar
Visiting Assistant Law Professor
University of Houston Law Center
Susan L. Sakmar is licensed to
practice law in California and has over 20 years experience working in a
variety of legal, corporate, nonprofit, and academic environments. She started her professional
career as an accountant for Chevron Corporation in San Francisco, California and
after being admitted to the California Bar, was an attorney in the commercial litigation
department of the San Francisco law firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon where
she represented clients in a variety of complex litigation cases. After leaving practice, she taught
International Trade Law under the WTO as an adjunct professor at the University
of San Francisco School of Law and served on a number of non-profit
environmental boards, including board chair for the Jane Goodall
Institute.
She currently is a Visiting Assistant Professor, Andrews Kurth Energy Law Scholar, at the University of Houston Law Center where her scholarly activities are focused on global natural gas markets with a particular focus on LNG and global shale gas development. She has published and presented a number of papers on these topics and her most recent book Energy For The 21st Century: Opportunities And Challenges For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) was published in 2013 by leading international publisher Edward Elgar, Ltd. (UK).
She holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, a J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA., and a business degree (B.Sc.) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
She currently is a Visiting Assistant Professor, Andrews Kurth Energy Law Scholar, at the University of Houston Law Center where her scholarly activities are focused on global natural gas markets with a particular focus on LNG and global shale gas development. She has published and presented a number of papers on these topics and her most recent book Energy For The 21st Century: Opportunities And Challenges For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) was published in 2013 by leading international publisher Edward Elgar, Ltd. (UK).
She holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, a J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA., and a business degree (B.Sc.) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.