A federal judge's “young lawyers” rule enabled Haynes and Boone Houston associate Mini Kapoor to argue for a summary judgment that dismissed a client from a suit dealing with allegedly unpaid charges for carrier transportation services.

On June 29, U.S. District Judge Alfred H. Bennett of the Southern District of Texas issued an order granting the Hess Corp.'s motion for summary judgment in Universal Truckload Inc. v. Dalton Logistics, et al.

Kapoor, who has about five years of experience as a lawyer, had argued for the motion before Bennett at a Feb. 24 hearing. It was her first substantive hearing argument in a court, Kapoor said.