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Mary Alice Robbins

Mary Alice Robbins

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Katherine Staton

Jackson Walker partner Katherine Staton completed the weeklong Rolls-Royce Engine Model 250 Maintenance Course and learned how to tear down an engine and put it back together, she said.

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Michelle Fernald

"She's such a team player, and she treats everyone on the team with the same concern and respect," said Robert Pitman, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, about Michelle Fernald.

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Amber Vazquez Bode

"She's a very tenacious, smart and aggressive defensive attorney who goes all out for clients," said Dan Hamre, director of the trial division in the Travis County Attorney's Office.

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Lifetime Achiever: Kim Askew

"She's hell on wheels," said Mark Sales, a partner in Diamond McCarthy about Kim Askew. "She's smart, incredibly prepared, hard-working."

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Brandy Manning

Brandy Manning "always has the right document at her fingertips and always does the right research. … Her attention to detail is amazing," said Rusty Cook, senior vice president for legal at Energen Resources Corp.

By Mary Alice Robbins

6 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Ann Hurwitz

Ann Hurwitz "is an extremely effective business partner to us," wrote Celia Catlett, Texas Roadhouse Inc.'s general counsel and corporate secretary in an email. "Her advice is practical, realistic, concise and prompt."

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Nina Cortell

Judge Tobolowsky awarded almost $319.4 million in damages, $66 million in interest and $150 million in disgorgement of benefits. "It's the largest judgment I've been involved in," said Cortell, who has been practicing law for 38 years.

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Patricia Cummings

Round Rock criminal defense attorney Patricia Cummings was on the legal team that made it possible for Michael Morton to win his freedom in 2011, after he spent almost 25 years in prison before being cleared in the murder of his wife.

By Mary Alice Robbins

6 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Paula Hinton

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Natalie Arbaugh

Before turning 40, Natalie Arbaugh tried one of the most complex fraud cases in the history of Texas.

By Mary Alice Robbins

5 minute read