Honors and Awards:

• AV® Rated by Martindale Hubbell, Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™, Named one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40,” D Magazine, 2006, Named one of the “Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas,” Texas Monthly magazine 2009, Named one of the “3000 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon 2006
• 2009, Faculty, Northwestern Law School Appellate Practice Institute.   The Appellate Practice Institute is widely considered the nation's premier appellate practice program, and is presented by the ABA's Judicial Division, the Appellate Judge's Conference and the Council of Appellate Lawyers.
• 2008-Present, Fellow, The Litigation Counsel of America™.  The Litigation Counsel of America™  is a trial lawyer honorary society limited to 3,500 fellows. Membership is by invitation only and is limited to less than one-half of one-percent of the lawyers in America. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishments in litigation and trial work, along with their ethical reputation.
• 2009, Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation: New Fellows are selected from 1/3 of 1% of the membership of the State Bar of Texas. Selection is based on an outstanding record in the legal profession as well as a commitment to support the community at large.,

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Civil Appelate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American Bar Association: Judicial Division, Council of Appellate Lawyers, Executive Board for 2006-2008, Chair, Publications Committee 2007-2009, Long Range Planning Committee 2006-2007, Program Committee for Annual Bench-Bar Summit 2006-2007, Steering Committee, Appellate Practice Institute, Faculty, Appellate Practice Institute 2009; Litigation Section, Appellate Practice Committee, Aviation Litigation Committee; Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Vice-Chair, Appellate Advocacy Committee 2007-2012, Vice-Chair, Aviation and Space Law Committee 2006-2012 & Co-editor of Committee Newsletter 2009-2012; American Association of Justice, Associate Member, Aviation Litigation Section and Women Trial Lawyers Caucus; International Aviation Womens Association; Aviation Insurance Association; ABA Woman Advocate Committee; State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section, Co-Chair of Annual Meeting 2006-2008, Co-Chair Foreign Affairs 2008-2009, Co Chair Membership Commitee 2009-2010; Leadership Counsel 2011-2013; Task Force on Electronic Filing 2009-2010; Litigation Section, Aviation Section; Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Section,  Business Litigation Section, Solo and Small Firm Section, Judicial Committee and Professionalism Committee; Dallas Woman Lawyers Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Member, Dallas Rotary Club

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Speaker and Author, Recent Changes to the Texas Pattern Jury Instructions-What Every Trial and Appellate Lawyer Needs to Know, Dallas Bar Association,(May 2011); Speaker and Author, Recovering Attorneys' Fees, The Latest Cases and Trends, (Dallas Bar Association) (December 2009); Speaker and Author, Are Punitive Damages Insurable?  Arguments for Insurers and Insureds (Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium)(February 2009); Speaker, Attorneys' Fees Update (Dallas Bar Association)(December 2008);Author, After the Texas Supreme Court's Fairfield Opinion, it is still Unclear Whether Coverage for Exemplary Damages is Against Texas Public Policy. What is Clear is that the Court's Opinion will Launch in even more Coverage Litigation (American Bar Association Fall 2008); Speaker and Author, A modern approach to appellate advocacy in trial and appellate courts: using the latest technology to annotate transcripts, organize the record and create effective e-briefs. (Houston Bar Association, Appellate Section July 2008); Speaker, Developments Affecting the Preparation of the Jury Charge for Texas State Courts (or you cannot always rely on the Pattern Jury Charge) (Dallas Bar Association)(December 2007); Speaker and Author, Handling the Monster Record on Appeal (Including Records in Administrative Appeals), University of Texas Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2007). Author, Preventative medicine for your case: see your appellate lawyer long before trial, Vol. 6, Issue 1 of Appellate Issues, Newsletter of the Council of Appellate Lawyers of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (December 2006). Speaker and Author, The "dreaded" economic loss rule and its application to aviation hull claims, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (November 2006). Speaker and Author, Taming the Monster Appellate Record, Annual Summit of the Council of Appellate Lawyers and Appellate Judges of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (November 2006). Author, Availability of En Banc Consideration and Rehearing in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and State Courts, Vol. 5, Issue 2 of Appellate Issues, Newsletter of the Council of Appellate Lawyers of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (May 2006). Lead Author, Leane Capps Medford & Steven D. Sanfelippo, Admissible or Inadmissible? Getting in-or keeping out-Government Documents in Aviation Cases, 71 J. Air. L. & Comm. 449 (Summer 2006).

Representative Clients:

• McAfee, Inc.TM; WebSafety, Inc.TM; Russell Althetics, LSGSkyChefs; KLM Airlines, GAB Robins Aviation, LLC, British Airways.

Educational Background:

• J.D., Baylor University School of Law, cum laude, 1996 (Moot Court Team, National and Texas Mock Trial Teams, Order of Barristers, Student Assistant, Professor Brian J. Serr, Co-Author, Student Text, “The International Rights of Women”, 1996, President, Hemphill Inn of Phi Delta Phi, academic honor society, 1995-1996);  B.S., Texas Christian University, Psychology, 1990; National Honor Society of Psychology