Mr. Gonzales was the 80th United States Attorney General, serving from 2005 to 2007 under the leadership of President George W. Bush. He holds the honor of being the highest ranking hispanic-american in executive government in the history of this country. Prior to being the Attorney General, Mr. Gonzales held the positions of the Secretary of State of Texas, a supreme court justice of Texas, and White House Counsel (being the first hispanic to hold that position as well). Mr. Gonzales was close friends with George Bush when he was governor of Texas and remained that way up until he became president. Mr. Gonzales’s run as attorney general is marked by his leadership and legal skills used to combat terrorism after 9/11 and stop rogue organizations in the middle east by interpreting law in a manner that allowed for more intel collection on captured terrorists. Much controversy surrounds this, but we get into this in the conversation. Mr. Gonzales was born in San Antonio, TX and raised in Humble, TX. He received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1982. He has taught at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX and is currently the dean of Belmont University College of Law here in Nashville, TN.
