Betty Ungerman is Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Lennox International Inc. (NYSE LII), a global leader in the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration markets, with approximately 11,000 employees. In this role Betty provides advice and counsel to senior management and oversees the lawyers responsible for all of LII’s business units and trade compliance, as well as leading the Company’s Intellectual Property activities. She is also the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for LII, and ensures that LII follows best practices in this area.
Betty joined LII in 2009, after serving two years as Assistant General Counsel at Hunt Oil Company, where she represented Hunt in a $3 billion international party financing in Yemen. Prior to Hunt, Betty was Counsel at Jones Day for seven years, working primarily in IP and IT transactions, licensing, trademark portfolio management, and patent litigation. Her background also includes eight years at Fina Oil and Chemical in various positions, including investor relations and corporate development, and two years as an associate at BakerBotts. She has been involved in a myriad of transactional work and litigation. Prior to law school, Betty was a petroleum reservoir engineer.
Betty earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, and a law degree from the SMU Dedman School of Law. She is member of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, past Chair of the Texas General Counsel Forum (TGCF), and past Chair of the TGCF Annual Conference and of the DFW Chapter. She is the President of (and a Master in) The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn IP Inn of Court and past chair of the International Section of the State Bar. She is an active alumnus of the SMU Dedman School of Law, where she is a Community Fellow in the Inns of Court program, an adjunct lecturer, and the lead architect of a new program for female law students. She is also a member of the General Counsel Working Group of the University of Texas Center for Women in Law. She and her husband are past presidents of the West Point Parents’ Club of North Texas. They have two children, Meyer, who is a first lieutenant in the US Army, and Megan, who is a sophomore at Dartmouth College.
