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| Practice Areas | Complex Litigation; Antitrust; Government Investigations; Federal Criminal Law; Corporate Investigations; SEC Enforcement; White Collar Criminal Defense; Securities Litigation | | | Education | Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1989. Hatton W. Sumners Scholar, Louisiana State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1986 | | | Admitted | 1989, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit | |
| Memberships | American Bar Association (Litigation and Antitrust Sections) (Vice-Chair, Criminal Practice & Procedure Committee, ABA Antitrust Section, 2005-2007); Dallas Bar Association (Business Litigation Section and 1997 Chair of the Publications Committee); Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court (Barrister, 1996-99). | | | Born | Monroe, Louisiana | | | Biography | Order of the Coif; The Barristers. National Trial Competition. Coach, SMU Law Order of the Coif; The Barristers. National Trial Competition. Coach, SMU Law School National Trial Competition teams, 1992-1997. Chair, DBA Publications Committee, 1997. Member, SMU Law Review. Recent Speeches and Articles: Panelist for the ABA Section of Antitrust Brown Bag Teleconference entitled: Stolt-Nielsen: Lessons Learned and Implications for Amnesty Applicants and Other Parties in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (February 26, 2008); Panelist at ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting in Washington, DC on "The Interplay of Tactics and Ethics in Criminal Antitrust Investigations" (2008); Panelist on the Topic of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement, ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime (2007—San Diego, CA; 2006—San Francisco, CA); "U.S. and Global Cartel Enforcement Perspectives and Insights," Teleconference Sponsored by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law (2007); "Antitrust Due Diligence in Civil Litigation," at Managing Antitrust Matters in the Modern Corporate Governance Era (2006—New York); Panelist on the Topic of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement, ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (2006); "Checklist of Practical Considerations When Representing Targets of Criminal Antitrust Investigations," Kathleen M. Beasley and Jacqueline K. Shipchandler, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, 54th Spring Meeting (March 2006); Author, Chapter 6, "Fraud & Misrepresentation," ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Business Torts and Unfair Competition Handbook, 2d Edition (2006); Speaker on Electronic Evidence for "Houston, We Have a Serious Problem: Tackling the Corporate Internal Investigation," sponsored by the South Texas College of Law Corporate Compliance Center in Houston, Texas; "Internal Investigations— Legal & Ethical Pitfalls," at Ethical Principles for Corporate Counsel in Houston, Texas; Panelist, ABA Teleconference on Electronic Discovery, sponsored by the Corporate Counsel Committee, ABA Antitrust Section; "Effective Corporate Compliance Programs," presented at the Texas Bar CLE Program "White Collar Crime for the Civil Practitioner"; "Conducting Internal Investigations," Presented at the ABA Mid-Year Meeting, and at the University of Texas 26th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute. Former Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Former Hiring Partner for Haynes and Boone. She Serves on the Board of Trustees of Dallas Christian School. | | | ISLN | 909172457 | | | Transactions | Concentrates practice in the areas of business litigation, antitrust, internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, and SEC investigations. | |
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