Carrin Patman
{{Short description|American lawyer and diplomat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Carrin Patman
| image = Carrin F. Patman, U.S. Ambassador.jpg
| order =
| ambassador_from = United States
| country = Iceland
| president = Joe Biden
| term_start = October 6, 2022
| term_end = January 18, 2025https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1UxdUH5Lzr/
| predecessor = Jeffrey Ross Gunter
| successor =
| office1 = Chair of Houston Metro
| term_start1 = 2016
| term_end1 = February 23, 2022
| appointer1 = Sylvester Turner
| predecessor1 = Gilbert Garcia
| successor1 = Sanjay Ramabhadran
| parents = Bill Patman (father)
| relatives = Wright Patman (grandfather)
| education = Duke University (BA)
University of Texas (JD)
| birth_name = Carrin Foreman Patman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|4|20}}
| spouse = {{marriage|James V. Derrick Jr.|1997}}
}}
Carrin Foreman Patman (born April 20, 1956) is an American attorney who had served as United States ambassador to Iceland. She formerly served as the chair of Houston Metro from 2016 to 2022.
Education
Patman earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-11|title=President Biden Announces 2 Diplomatic Nominees|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/11/president-biden-announces-2-diplomatic-nominees/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211231204/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/11/president-biden-announces-2-diplomatic-nominees/ |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-11|website=The White House|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2022-01-21|title=Most Distinguished: UT Law school honoring Longoria|url=https://apnews.com/article/university-of-texas-texas-austin-law-schools-0483ed91125b4195bd1ca1ad45de156b|access-date=2022-02-11|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}
Career
Patman has a distinguished record of civic engagement, which includes service as a member of the Houston Chapter of the International Women’s Forum, and on the boards of the Greater Houston Partnership and the Houston-Galveston Area Transportation Policy Council. Patman was also a Founding Board Member of The Center for Women in Law, as well as an executive committee member of Girls, Inc. of Greater Houston and Sheltering Arms Senior Services.
Patman is a partner at Bracewell LLP, where she specializes in class action litigation, commercial disputes, antitrust and competition issues, environmental violations, and regulatory compliance.{{Cite web|title=Center for Women in Law {{!}} Carrin F. Patman|url=https://law.utexas.edu/cwil/directory/carrin-f-patman/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=law.utexas.edu}} She was a member of the board of Houston Metro from 2010 to 2022 and was appointed chair by Sylvester Turner in 2016.{{Cite web|last=METRO,webmaster@ridemetro.org|title=Carrin F. Patman, Chair METRO Board of Directors|url=https://www.ridemetro.org:443/pages/bdcarrinpatman.aspx |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.ridemetro.org:443/pages/bdcarrinpatman.aspx |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.ridemetro.org|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|date=April 8, 2016|title=New Houston Metro Board Chair and Members Take Oath|url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/management/press-release/12192466/metropolitan-transit-authority-of-harris-county-metro-new-metro-board-chair-and-members-take-oath|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.masstransitmag.com}}{{cite web |url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXMETRO/bulletins/30c0b5b |title=New Board Chair, Familiar Face Takes Helm at METRO |date=2022-02-24 |publisher=Metro Transit Authority of Harris County |access-date=2022-10-15}} Patman was a major fundraiser to the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign.{{Cite web|last=Swartz 5|first=Mimi|date=2021-02-11|title=There's One Thing Missing in the Biden Administration: Texans|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texans-missing-biden-administration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318013241/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texans-missing-biden-administration/ |archive-date=2021-03-18 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Texas Monthly|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Svitek|first=Patrick|date=2015-10-07|title=Texas Democrats: Little Opening for Biden Presidential Bid|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/07/texas-democrats-cool-presidential-run-biden/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010082319/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/07/texas-democrats-cool-presidential-run-biden |archive-date=2015-10-10 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-11|website=The Texas Tribune|language=en}}
=Ambassador to Iceland=
On February 11, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Patman to be the next United States ambassador to Iceland. Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 28, 2022. Her nomination was favorably reported on August 4, 2022. Patman was confirmed by the full Senate on August 7, 2022, by voice vote.{{cite web |title=PN1779 — Carrin F. Patman — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1779 |website=US Congress |access-date=26 March 2022}} She presented her credentials to President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson on October 6, 2022.{{cite tweet |user=PresidentISL |first=Guðni Thorlacius |last=Jóhannesson |number=1578061584907247618 |title=Today H.E. Carrin Patman presented her credentials as the new US Ambassador to Iceland. |access-date=2022-10-15}}
Awards and recognitions
Personal life
Patman's father, Bill Patman, served as a member of the Texas Senate and United States House of Representatives.{{Cite web|title=Carrin Mauritz Patman Obituary (1932 - 2018) Houston Chronicle|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/houstonchronicle/name/carrin-patman-obituary?id=1662311|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Legacy.com}} Her paternal grandfather Wright Patman also served in the U.S. House, and her maternal grandfather Fred Mauritz was a Texas state senator.{{cite web|url=https://law.utexas.edu/news/2022/08/11/carrin-patman-82-appointed-ambassador-of-iceland/|title=Carrin Patman '82 Appointed Ambassador of Iceland|publisher=University of Texas at Austin School of Law|date=August 11, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2025|quote=My dad, Bill Patman, and my paternal grandfather, Wright Patman, both served in the United States House of Representatives. My maternal grandfather, Fred Mauritz, whose parents immigrated from Iceland’s fellow Arctic country, Sweden, was a Texas State Senator.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/93/crecb/1973/06/29/GPO-CRECB-1973-pt17-5-3.pdf|title=Extensions of Remarks|work=Congressional Record|date=June 29, 1973|page=22443|quote=...Miss Carrin Foreman Patman, is the granddaughter of the dean of the House, WRIGHT PATMAN.}}
In 1997, Carrin Patman married James V. Derrick Jr, former executive vice president and general counsel to Enron Corporation.{{Cite web|title=James V. Derrick, Jr.|url=https://utlsf.org/trustee/james-derrick/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://utlsf.org/trustee/james-derrick/ |archive-date=2022-02-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-11|website=University of Texas Law School Foundation|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}
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