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| Practice Areas | Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation | | | Education | University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1976, University of Texas, B.A., with high honors, 1973 | | | Admitted | 1976, Texas | |
| Memberships | Dallas (Director, Litigation Section; Council Member, Appellate Section) and American (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections); Texas Bar Foundation. | | | Born | Dallas, Texas | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Honors: Recognized in Chambers USA Guide - America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Appellate, Band 1) (2008-2009); Best Lawyers' 2010 Dallas Appellate Lawyer of the Year; Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation, Woodward/White, Inc. (2006-2010); Selected by Dallas Bar Association as "Outstanding Lawyer of the Year" (2009); Top 100 "Texas Super Lawyers," Top 100 "Super Lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Region," and "Top 50 Female Super Lawyers" by Texas Monthly (2003-2009); One of the top appellate lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (every year list published, 2003-2009); 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; Member, Board of Directors of the Texas Law Review Association; Advisory Board Member, Dallas Women Lawyers Association; 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). | | | ISLN | 908179488 | |
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