BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:  Terry R. Lord   Terry Lord\, former federal prosecutor\,   Mr. Lord\, who spent almost 30 years as a prosecutor in the US Department of Justice\, Criminal Division\, was a member of a legal delegation to Ir eland and Northern Ireland in September of 2024. The attorneys in the dele gation visited law schools\, legal societies\, bar associations\, media re presentatives and historians.  The purpose of these meetings was to share information and lessons learned about how the legal system can promote th e Rule of Law and work towards agreements to end political violence.   Th is presentation will be an important study of how the Irish have resolved their differences with the UK\, dealt with long-standing religious discrim ination and violence\, and promote the Rule of Law throughout the world.  Most significantly\, the US can adopt some of these programs to diminish political violence and improve civility.   The Irish know that political and religious violence can erupt at any moment- their institutions are wo rking to bring people together through sports\, charitable organizations\, and non-government groups. They are sending their own delegations to fore ign countries facing war and civil violence to help bring about peace and human rights.   The story of the Irish pursuit for human rights and the R ule of Law is a never-ending journey\, just as it is for every nation.   Join Virtually ===>  January 23\, 2025     Full bio: Mr. Lord retired f rom the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2004 after serving as a prosecut or in the Criminal Division for almost thirty years.  He began as a Speci al Attorney in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in 1970 servi ng on Strike Forces in Chicago\, Los Angeles\, and Las Vegas.  The Assist ant Attorney General (AAG) for the Criminal Division named him the Chief of the Las Vegas Strike Force in 1987.     Selected by the American Pol itical Science Association in 1990 to be a Congressional Fellow\, Lord spe nt a year in the US Senate as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Joe Liebe rman (D-I-Conn).  He aided the Senator with legislative hearings in the G overnmental Affairs Committee chaired by the late Senator John Glenn (D-Oh io) and Senate floor debate on a variety of bills.  Upon completion of   the one year Senate Fellowship\, Lord returned to the DOJ Criminal Divisio n as the Principal Deputy Chief of the General Litigation and Legal Advic e Section (GLLAS).  This section\, one of the largest in the Division at the time\, prosecuted cases involving immigration and customs fraud\, indu strial health and safety criminal violations\, bribery and graft not invol ving official corruption\, Indian affairs\, and many other federal offense s.  From 1994 to 1996\, Lord was the Acting Chief of GLLAS. The AAG for t he division appointed Lord to be the Chief of the Child Exploitation and O bscenity Section (CEOS) in 1996.  By this time\, the use of the internet to distribute child pornography\, and to commercially exploit children on a world-wide basis had become a major social and criminal law enforcement issue.  CEOS led national enforcement initiatives against child pornogra phy rings operating throughout the US while working with investigators fro m federal\, state and local agencies.  Attorneys from CEOS trained prosec utors in US Attorney offices\, District Attorney offices and even prosecut ors around the world in new techniques in the investigation and prosecutio n of child exploitation offenses. Lord was a member of theInterpol Commi ttee on Crimes against Children and headed a sub-committee on Legal Traini ng.  This Interpol committee organized and conducted training on child ex ploitation enforcement for investigators and prosecutors throughout the gl obe.   The Overseas Professional Training and Development Section (OPDAT)  of the Criminal Division selected Lord to be the Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) at the US Embassy in Bucharest\, Romania.  From 2001 to 2003\, Lo rd assisted the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor-General’ s office in establishing new programs to combat human trafficking\, organi zed crime and corruption.  Training seminars and conferences were held in every part of Romania for investigators\, prosecutors and judges.  Lord completed his DOJ career as the Acting Regional Director for Central Europ e\, OPDAT\, working in Washington\, DC from 2003-2004.  He supervised and directed RLA programs in eleven countries\, although a majority of the ef forts focused on the Balkans.   Lord now lives in Houston\, Texas.  He i s a 50 year member of the State Bar of  Texas\, Vietnam War veteran and e ducated at Southern Methodist University (BA-1963) and the University of T exas School of Law (JD-1966).   UPCOMING EVENTS:   Jan 30\, 2025 A Magic al Ride on the Rotary Express All Club Gala Feb 4\, 2025 Nice Winery Guide d Wine Class Experience Feb 6\, 2025 CRISES AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Feb 8\, 2025 Heats for Children Festival Feb 13\, 2025 Dr. Brian Butl er\, Chief of Radiation & Oncologiy Feb 19\, 2025 Rotary House Reception F eb 20\, 2025 Jay Zeidman\, Chairman Houston First DTEND:20250123T190000Z DTSTAMP:20261025T073523Z DTSTART:20250123T174500Z LOCATION:Tony’s Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Terry Lord: Irish Pursuit for Human Rights UID:4ccb2448-9235-4e25-b3c8-1cfbacd4b73a X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


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Terry R. Lord

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Terry Lord\, former federal prosecutor\,
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Mr. Lord\, who spent almost 30 years as a prosecutor in the US Department of Justice\, Criminal Division \, was a member of a legal delegation to Ireland and Northern Ireland in S eptember of 2024. The attorneys in the delegation visited law schools\, le gal societies\, bar associations\, media representatives and historians. & nbsp\;The purpose of these meetings was to share information and lessons l earned about how the legal system can promote the Rule of Law and work tow ards agreements to end political violence.
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This presentation will be an important study of how the Irish have resolved their differences with the UK\, dealt with long-standing religious discrimination and violence\, and promote the Rule of Law throughout the world.  \;Most significantly\, the US can adopt some of these programs to diminish political violence and improve civility.
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The Irish know that political and religious violence can erupt at any moment- their institutions are working to bring people to gether through sports\, charitable organizations\, and non-government grou ps. They are sending their own delegations to foreign countries facing war and civil violence to help bring about peace and human rights.
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The story of the Irish pursuit for human rights and the Rule of Law is a never-ending journey\, just as i t is for every nation.
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Full bio:

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Mr. Lord retired from the US Department of Jus tice (DOJ) in 2004 after serving as a prosecutor in the Criminal Division for almost thirty years.  \;He began as a Special Attorney in the Orga nized Crime and Racketeering Section in 1970 \;serving on Strike Forces in Chicago\, Los Angeles\, an d Las Vegas.  \;The Assistant Attorney General \;(AAG)  \;for the Criminal Division named him the Chief of the Las Vegas Stri ke Force in 1987.  \;

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Selected by the American Political Science Association in 1990 to be a Congressional Fellow\, Lord spent a year in the US Senate as a Legis lative Assistant to Senator Joe Lieberman (D-I-Conn).  \;He aided the Senator with legislative hearin gs in the Governmental Affairs Committee chaired by the late Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) and Senate floor debate on a variety of bills.  \;Upon completion of  \;the one year Senate Fellowship\, Lord returned to the DOJ Criminal Division \;as the Principal Deputy Chief of the General Litigation and Legal Advice Sec tion (GLLAS).  \;This section\, one of the largest in the Division at the time\, prosecuted cases involving immigration and customs fraud\, indu strial health and safety criminal violations\, bribery and graft not invol ving official corruption\, Indian affairs\, and many other federal offense s.  \;From 1994 to 1996\, Lord was the Acting Chief of GLLAS.

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The AAG for the division appointed Lord to be the Chief of the Chil d Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in 1996.  \;By this time\, the use of the internet to distribute child pornography\, and to commerci ally exploit children on a world-wide basis had become a major social and criminal law enforcement issue.  \;CEOS \;led national enforcement initiatives against child porn ography rings operating throughout the US while working with investigators from federal\, state and local agencies.  \;Attorneys from CEOS train ed prosecutors in US Attorney offices\, District Attorney offices and even prosecutors around the world in new techniques in the investigation and p rosecution of child exploitation offenses. \;Lord was a member \;of theInterpol Commi ttee on Crimes against Children and headed a sub-committee on Legal Traini ng.  \;This Interpol commit tee organized and conducted training on child exploitation enforcement for investigators and prosecutors throughout the globe.

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The Overseas Professional Training and Development Section (OPDAT) \;of the \;Criminal Divis ion selected Lord to be the Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) \;at the US Embassy in Bucharest\, Romania.  \;From 2001 to 2003\, Lord assisted the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor-General&rsquo\;s office in establishing new programs to combat human trafficking\, organized crime and corruption.  \;Trainin g seminars and conferences were held in every part of Romania for investig ators\, prosecutors and judges.  \;Lord completed his DOJ career as th e Acting Regional Director for Central Europe\, OPDAT\, working in Washing ton\, DC from 2003-2004.  \;He supervised and directed RLA programs in eleven countries\, although a majority of the efforts focused on the Balkans.

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\n\n< p style="margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 0px\; line-height: 21.6px\; care t-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 18px\;">Lord now lives in Houston\, Texas.  \;H e is a 50 year member of the State Bar of  \;Texas\, Vietnam War veter an and educated at Southern Methodist University (BA-1963) and the Univers ity of Texas School of Law (JD-1966).

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

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Jan 30\, 2025 A Magical Ride on the Rotary Exp ress All Club Gala

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Feb 4\, 2025 Nice Winery Guided Wine Class Experience

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Feb 6\, 2025 CRISES AND OPPORTUNI TY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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Feb 8\, 2025 Heats for Children Festival

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Feb 13\, 2025 Dr. Brian Butler\, Chief of Radiation &\; Oncologiy

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Feb 19\, 2025 Rotary House Reception

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Feb 20\, 2025 Jay Zeidman\, Chairman Hou ston First

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