BIO
Ian Shaw is president of the Brewer Foundation.
In this role, Mr. Shaw is involved in the management of the Brewer Foundation’s flagship educational programs – the Future Leaders Program (FLP) and Brewer Foundation / NYU International Public Policy Forum (IPPF).
The FLP is an academic and leadership development program that benefits deserving students from the Dallas Independent School District. The IPPF is the only contest that gives high school students the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of global public policy. The contest is open to high school students all over the world for free, and annually involves thousands of debaters.
Mr. Shaw also helps advance the firm’s many strategic partnerships in the community and plays an important role in the advocacy of the Brewer Storefront, the firm’s community service legal affiliate.
Prior to joining the Brewer Foundation, Mr. Shaw was with Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C, where he practiced commercial litigation, labor employment, and personal injury defense.
Mr. Shaw previously worked in Brewer’s New York office, and during that time earned certificates in Marketing and Public Relations from Cornell and NYU, respectively. He later moved to Dallas to attend law school at The University of North Texas and Dallas College of Law, and clerked for the Hon. Judge Eric Moyé. Mr. Shaw then worked with Brewer as an associate.
Outside of his professional duties, Mr. Shaw is a member of the Dallas Bar Association of Young Lawyers, JL Turner Association, Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Council. He is currently in the middle of a term with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, as appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Education
Roanoke College, 2008
UNT Dallas College of Law, 2019