Randall M. Ebner

Distinguished Research Fellow

Randall M. Ebner

Biography

Mr. Ebner is the former vice president and general counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

 

Mr. Ebner joined Exxon in 1980 after graduating from Tulane law school. He progressed through a number of assignments in the law department, including litigation, transaction and management positions. From 1999 to 2000, he was a member of the law team supporting the Exxon and Mobil merger. Thereafter, he held law management positions in the Chemical and Gas and Power Marketing Companies. In 2009, he became assistant general counsel for corporate law and in 2013 became assistant general counsel for compliance and corporate law. 

 

He is and has over the years been actively involved with many legal professional organizations, including the board of directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform, the National Center State Courts, where he serves as co-chair of the General Counsel committee, Civil Justice Reform Group’s steering committee, board of trustees and chair of the executive committee of the Center for American and International Law, the National Judicial College’s board of visitors and Southern Methodist University’s Corporate Counsel Symposium board of advisors. He is also a member of the Tulane Law School’s  dean’s advisory board and board of advisors for the Tulane Center for Energy Law.

 

In 2019, Chambers and Partners recognized Mr. Ebner as a General Counsel Influencer for his impact on the legal community.  In November 2019, he received the Texas General Counsel Forum’s Magna Stella Award for in-house counsel leadership.

 

Born in New Jersey, Randall (Randy) M. Ebner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana.