Bradley Haddock
Bradley E. Haddock | |
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Born | 1955 |
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Bradley E. Haddock (born 1955) is a corporate lawyer from Wichita, Kansas and served as the executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. until January 2009. Koch is the largest privately held company in the United States.[1] During his distinguished career at Koch, Brad served as lead counsel for several key businesses, including Koch’s refining, chemicals, and asphalt businesses, and the group of 10 global manufacturing and engineering businesses that became Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC. While at Koch, he led or significantly participated in more than 70 domestic and international acquisitions. He formed Haddock Law Office, LLC, in January 2009, and has been engaged in the private practice of law focusing on arbitration and mediation, business law, commercial transactions, competition law, compliance programs and training, construction, corporate formation and governance, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property portfolio management and licensing, intellectual property arbitration and litigation, joint ventures and partnerships, risk assessment and management, and software development and licensing. Brad works closely with members of Biggs Law Group, LC, a distinguished and well recognized transaction-oriented law firm, led by Michael R. Biggs. The firm provides sophisticated counsel in diverse areas of law. Haddock Law Office, LLC is a member of Biggs Law Group, LC. Biggs Law Group is AV rated. Brad has received an AV Preeminent peer rating (5.0 out of 5.0) from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for legal ability and ethics. Mr. Haddock is a distinguished alumnus of Phillips University,[2] class of 1977, and graduated from law school cum laude in 1980 at Washburn University where he served as the Executive Editor of the Washburn Law Journal.[3] He was named as the 2012 Alumni Fellow for the Washburn University School of Law. The award was presented during homecoming in October. Brad has served on the board of directors of the American Arbitration Association since 2005.[4] He is also a member of the AAA's roster of neutrals for commercial, construction, environmental, and intellectual property matters. Brad is a member of the distinguished Panel of Arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Wichita, Kansas, and American Bar Associations. Brad was recently elected to the board of directors of Innovative Combustion Technology, Inc., a leading boiler burner manufacturer located in Oakland, California, and doing business as S. T. Johnson Company. He and his wife, Terri, have a son and daughter. Brad and his wife met at the national council meetings of the Boy Scouts of America where they both received the Young American Award in 1976.
Scouting
Brad Haddock has been heavily involved with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) during his life and served as Chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee from 2000 to 2009. He served as the Program Chairman for the 2010 National Jamboree and the Chairman of the Second Century Camping Task Force. He became the Chairman of the Outdoor Adventures Committee in February 2012 and was elected to the National Executive Board of the BSA on May 31, 2012. He participated on the Membership Standards Initiative Task Force and as the chairman of the Membership Implementation Team following the approval of the Youth Membership Standards during the May 2013 National Meetings of the Boy Scouts of America. Brad is an Eagle Scout and earned the God & Country Award. Brad is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and is a 2006 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.[5] As a youth, Haddock was both the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow (OA), Scouting's national honor society, and a youth member of the National Executive Board of the BSA. He has also been honored with the Vigil Honor, Founder's Award, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, OA National Distinguished Service Awards, and the Hornaday Gold Badge as a result of the ArrowCorps5 project executed during the summer of 2008. As chairman of the Order of the Arrow Committee, Brad led the ArrowCorps5 project which was the largest single service project ever provided by the BSA and the largest service project ever received by the United States Forest Service. The project was conducted in five national forests resulting in 280,000 hours of service worth $5.6 million. He is a James E. West Fellow. Brad and Terri are also members of the 1910 Society. He is a life member of the National Eagle Scout Association and the Philmont Staff Association. He has served as a district chairman, council commissioner, and president of Quivira Council. He has also served as a lodge adviser, co-chairman (with his wife, Terri) of the National Report to the Nation program from 1983 through 1986, North Central Region OA chairman, and as a vice chairman of the national OA Committee. Brad Haddock is the only person in the history of the OA and Scouting to be elected as National Chief by his peers and to later become the volunteer chairman of the national OA committee. He is also the only person to have served as a youth member of the BSA's National Executive Board and later as an elected member of the National Executive Board as an adult volunteer. Brad is only the sixth scouter from Kansas to receive the prestigious Silver Buffalo Award from the national council of the BSA since the award was introduced in 1926.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ "PressRoom". American Arbitration Association. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ↑ "Bradley E. Haddock". Phillips University. 1985. Archived from the original on September 2, 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ↑ "Bradley E. Haddock". FindLaw. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ↑ "AAA Names Twelve To Board Of Directors". American Arbitration Association. 2005. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
- ↑ "Silver Buffalo Awards". Scouting 94 (4): 37. September 2006.
- ↑ "Distinguished Eagle Scout Profile". Eagletter 32 (1): 9. 2006.
- ↑ "National Order of the Arrow Committee". Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved June 16, 2006.
- ↑ "National Order of the Arrow Committee". Meet The Man. Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved June 16, 2006.