Areas of Practice
- Class Actions
- Commercial Matters
- Litigation
- Franchising Issues
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California
- J.D. cum laude – 1992
- Law Review: San Diego Law Review, Member
- Law Review: San Diego Law Review, Board and Comments Editor
- University of California, San Diego, California
- B.A. cum laude – June, 1988
- Major: History
Honors and Awards
- Named “Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly, a Thomson Reuters business, 2003 – 2024
- Named among Houston’s Top Lawyers by H Texas magazine, 2010
- Named among the 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America by Lawdragon magazine, 2007 – Present
- Named one of Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2005 – 2007
- Named among Houston’s 200 Best Lawyers, H Texas Magazine, 2005 – Present
- Named by the National Law Journal as one of America’s Top 40 Attorneys Under 40, 2002 – Present
- Named by the National Law Journal as one of America’s Top 50 Women Litigators, 2001 – Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- State Bar of California, Member
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Houston Bar Association, Member
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member