Practice Areas - Civil Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Legal Malpractice
| - Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Business Torts
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| University | Arkansas State University, B.S.E., Student of Special Distinction, 1977; University of Texas at Dallas, M.S., 1993 |
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| Law School | University of Arkansas, J.D., 1980 |
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| Admitted | 1980, Arkansas; 1981, Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas |
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| Memberships | Dallas Bar Association (Member, Committees on: Publications, 1990; Juror Participation, 2001); Arkansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Fellowship Member; Political Chair, Executive Committee, 2002-2003; Secretary-Treasurer, 1996-1998; President, 2000; Board of Directors; SMU Law School Chapter Advisory Board, 1998—); American Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 2006—); Sustaining Member, Co-Chair, 2000-2003 and Vice-Chair, 1999-2000 and 2003-2005, Member 2005-2010; 2011-2014, List Committee; Co-Chair, 2000-2001 and Member. 1998-1999, List Advisory Committee; PAC Board of Trustees, 1999-2002; 2009-2011; State Liaison, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus, 2002-2003; 1999, 2003, and 2008 Wiedeman/Wysocki Award; Key Persons Committee, 1998-1999, 2003-2007; Roscoe Pound Institute, Sustaining Fellow; President's Club); Dallas Women Lawyers Association; Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism; American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects; American Inn of Court (Member, Dallas Chapter 112) American Society of Trial Consultants. |
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| Born | Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 17, 1955 |
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| Biography | Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Wayne F. Owen Award, 1980. Co-Author of numerous legal articles. Member: Texas Judicial Council, 1992-1997; Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, 1995-2001, Acting Chair, Board of Trustees, 2001-2002 and Chair, Budget Committee, 2000-2001. Board, Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council, 2000-2003. Member: Law and Politics Media; Texas Monthly. Listed: Texas Super Lawyers, 2007-2011. D Magazine, One of Best Women Lawyers 2010, D Magazine, One of Best Lawyers in Dallas 2011. Parkland Health and Hospital System; Board of Managers, 2011-2013; Chair, Legal Committee; Chair, Quality & Risk Management Committee. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
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| ISLN | 908837838 |
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