Practice Areas - Appellate Practice
- Crisis Management
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 214-651-5579
Fax: 214-200-0411
http://www.haynesboone.com/nina_cortell/
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| University | University of Texas, B.A., summa cum laude, 1973 |
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| Law School | University of Texas, J.D., cum laude, 1976 |
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| Admitted | 1976, Texas |
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| Memberships | Dallas (Director, Litigation Section; Council Member, Appellate Section) and American (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Course Director, Litigation and Appellate Sections); Texas Bar Foundation. |
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| Born | Dallas, Texas |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Honors: Best Lawyers' 2010 Dallas Appellate Lawyer of the Year; Recognized in Chambers USA Guide - America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Appellate, Band 1) (2008-2011); Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation, (2006-2012); Selected by Dallas Bar Association as "Outstanding Lawyer of the Year" (2009); Top 10 "Texas Super Lawyers," with 2nd highest votes received (2010 and 2011); Top 100 "Texas Super Lawyers," Top 100 "Super Lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Region," (2003-2011) and "Top 50 Female Super Lawyers" by Texas Monthly (2003-2010); One of the top appellate lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (every year list published, 2003-2009, 2011); One of the "Best Women Lawyers" in Dallas (Appellate, 2010); State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation for leadership in furthering the Bar's diversity initiatives (2007); Louise B. Raggio Award for significant contributions toward the advancement of women in the legal profession (1999). Selected Professional and Community Service Activities: Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; President (2005-2007) and Master, Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court; Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee; Member, American Law Institute; President, University of Texas School of Law Alumni Association, 2008-2009; President-Elect, Board of Directors of the Texas Law Review Association; Co-Founder and Member of Executive Committee, Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law; Member, Board of Trustees of Center for American and International Law; Advisory Board Member, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, 2000-2009; Chair, State Bar Task Force on Hiring, Retention and Promotion of Women and Minorities in Law Firms and Corporations, 2006; Course Director, State Bar of Texas Advanced Appellate Course, 2003; Chair, Dallas Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference, 2003. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation (Chair); American Bar Foundation (Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee). |
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| ISLN | 908179488 |
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| Transactions | After filing of opening appellate briefs, opponent agreed to settle commercial dispute for almost $200 million less than its judgment. i2 Technologies, Inc. v. Dillards, Cause No. 05-10-01645-CV (Tex. App. -Dallas 2011); Persuaded the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss, on equitable mootness grounds, the appeal of a $3.6 billion bankruptcy plan of reorganization, which was challenged by a competing bidder and the company's union. In the Matter of Asarco L.L.C., Cause No. 09-41259 (5th Cir. 2010); Obtained remittitur in the district court prior to appeal, reducing punitive damages award by $77.6 million. IRCC, et al. v. Harold Simmons, et al., 192nd Judicial District Court, Dallas, Texas (2009); Obtained mandamus review in the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of a large bank group in $26 billion dispute. In re Citigroup, Cause No. 08-0289 (Tex. 2008); Reversed $8.5 million judgment adverse to client and obtained rendition of $2.5 million judgment in favor client. Blockbuster Inc. v. C-Span and Sunil Dharod, 276 S.W.3d 482 (Tex. Civ. App. - Dallas 2008, pet. granted and judgm't vacated pursuant to settlement); Assisted trial team in reversing class certification order in Enron class litigation. Regents of the University of California v. Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc., 482 F.3d 372 (5th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S.Ct. 1120 (2008); Reversed eminent domain judgment based upon federal preemption. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Corporation v. The City of Houston, Texas, 171 S.W.3d 240 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2005); Obtained ruling allowing constitutional challenge of Texas public school finance system. West Orange-Cove Consolidated I.S.D. v. Felipe Alanis, Commissioner of Education, 107 S.W.3d 558 (Tex. 2003); Secured return of hospital and pharmacy and reversed $12 million judgment. In re Liljeberg, 304 F.3d 410 (5th Cir. 2002). |
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