Certification:
Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Honors and Awards/Community Service
Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award, Bexar County Women's Bar Association - 2007
Texas Super Lawyer - Texas Monthly 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Chair, Host Committee, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference - 2007
Director, San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association - 2006 - 2007
Trustee, San Antonio Bar Foundation - 2006 - present
Vice-President, Bexar County Women's Bar Association - 2005
Director, Bexar County Women's Bar Association - 2002 - 2004, 2006
Director, San Antonio Bar Association - 2002 - 2004
Chair, San Antonio Bar Association Law Day Committee - 2002
Previous Experience
Shareholder, Crofts & Callaway, P.C. - January 2003 to March 2007
Associate Attorney, Crofts & Callaway, P.C. - January 1999 to December 2002
Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Nancy Stein Nowak, United States Magistrate Judge, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division - October 1993 to December 1999
Assistant District Attorney, Civil Section, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office - April 1992 to October 1993
Associate Attorney, Appellate Section, Brock & Person, P.C., San Antonio, Texas - September 1987 to March 1992
Briefing Attorney for the Honorable John E. Powers, Justice, Court of Appeals, Third Court of Appeals District, Austin, Texas - September 1986 to August 1987
Representative Cases
Supreme Court of Texas
In re Labatt Food Serv., L.P., 279 S.W.3d 640 (Tex. 2009)
In re Dillard Dep't Stores, Inc., 198 S.W.3d 778 (Tex. 2006)
In re Dillard Dep't Stores, Inc., 186 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. 2006)
Spradlin v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 34 S.W.3d 578 (Tex. 2000)
Texas Courts of Appeal
Northside Independent School District v. Dubose, 2007 WL 1481661 (Tex.App. - San Antonio May 23, 2007, no pet.)
Sonterra Capital Partners, Ltd. v. Sonterra Property Owners Association, Inc., 216 S.W.3d 417 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 2006, pet. denied)
Cappadonna Electric Management v. Cameron County, 180 S.W.3d 364 (Tex.App. - Corpus Christi 2005, orig. proceeding)
In re Greenpoint Credit, L.L.C., 2004 WL 2997924 (Tex.App. - San Antonio December 29, 2004, orig. proceeding)
Fitz v. San Antonio Hospitality Investments, Inc., 2004 WL 840609 (Tex.App. - San Antonio April 21, 2004, no pet.)
City of San Antonio v. Butler, 131 S.W.3d 170 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 2004, pet. denied)
Barsness v. Scott, 126 S.W.3d 232 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 2003, pet. denied)
Lyda Constructors, Inc. v. Butler Manufacturing Co., 103 S.W.3d 632 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 2003, no pet.)
R&R Contractors v. Torres, 88 S.W.3d 685 (Tex.App. - Corpus Christi 2002, no pet.)
GreenPoint Credit Corp. v. Perez, 75 S.W.3d 40 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 2002, pet. granted, judgment vacated by agr.)
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Milam v. City of San Antonio, 2004 WL 2469572 (5th Cir. 2004)
Publications
Federal Court Update, San Antonio Lawyer
U.S. Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit Update, State Bar of Texas Litigation Update Institute 2008
Preserving Error - Motion in Limine Through Post Trial Motions, Anatomy of a Civil Trial Seminar 2007
Preserving Error Without Shooting Yourself In The Foot, Anatomy Of A Civil Trial Seminar 2006
Preservation - Post-Trial, State Bar of Texas Appellate Boot Camp 2004
Non-Charge Preservation of Error, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course 2002
Post-Trial Motions, St. Mary's School of Law "Appellate Practice: Spring Training 2002"
Privileges, University of Texas School of Law 5th Annual Evidence and Procedure Symposium (2000)
Privileges, University of Texas School of Law 4th Annual Evidence and Procedure Symposium (1999)
Demystifying Federal Civil Practice: A Primer for the Occasional Federal Litigant (1998)
Defending the Informed Consent Case, Texas Tech School of Law Medical Malpractice Conference (1990)
New Law Update, National Business Institute, Inc. Medical Malpractice in Texas Conference (1988)
