Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center 1984
  cum laude

• B.A., University of Miami 1981
  summa cum laude

Courts

• Supreme Court of the United States

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”)

• State Bar of Texas

• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

• Houston Bar Association

• Houston Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow

• Association of Women Attorneys, President, 1999-2000 and 2011-2012

• Houston Hispanic Bar Association Director, 2017-present

Recognitions

She has been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” every year since this recognition was introduced and named by Texas Monthly to its list of Top Attorneys in 2012. Martindale-Hubbell rates her AV, its highest available ranking. In 2003 she was a recipient of the “Women on the Move” award. Recognized in International Arbitration by Legal 500 Latin America.

Admissions

Texas