Driving Diversity in Law & Leadership: Dallas

Catherine Rowsey focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, government investigations and enforcement actions, and corporate governance and internal investigations. She has represented clients in multiple industries, including energy and healthcare, in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, including substantial experience in cases involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, breach of contract, antitrust, misappropriation of trade secrets, and trust and estate disputes.

Ms. Gerron joined Westwood in 2004 and serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Westwood Holdings Group. She leads the firm’s Legal and Compliance department. Prior to joining Westwood, Ms. Gerron served as a Portfolio Manager at Smith Asset Management Group, a Dallas-based investment management firm, where she managed various funds, including a micro-cap hedge fund, a mid-cap fund and a REIT fund. From 1992 through 1998, she held various positions with the State of Oklahoma, serving as Assistant Attorney General, Deputy General Counsel of the Insurance Department and Special Counsel to the Executive Director of the House of Representatives. Ms. Gerron earned her JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 1992 and her BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989. She is admitted to the bars of Texas and Oklahoma, and she is a member of the Texas State Bar Association. Ms. Gerron achieved the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst in 2003 and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Jennifer N. Jones is Managing Counsel in the Labor and Employment group at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (“TMNA”). Jennifer is responsible for providing legal advice and counsel to TMNA Headquarters HR Operations – Product Support Division.  She is also responsible for supporting Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi’s (“TMMMS”) HR Operations. Jennifer also assists with labor relations matters across all of Toyota’s North American Manufacturing Facilities and is the internal subject matter expert on trade secret protection and related confidentiality issues.

Prior to joining Toyota in 2016, Jennifer worked as a labor and employment attorney with Hunton & Williams, LLP and later as Counsel with FordHarrison, LLP, providing advice and representation to employers regarding labor and employment law matters, including discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, harassment, worker’s compensation, wage and hour disputes, and union avoidance. 

Jennifer earned a BA in Criminal Justice from Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX) and received her juris doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (Dallas, TX).  

During undergrad, she became a member of Alpha Phi Sigma – the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. While in law school, she served on the executive board of SMU’s Black Law Student’s Association.

Jennifer has been recognized as a 2014 Lawyers of Color Hot List Honoree, and in 2015, she was named by the National Black Lawyers Association as one of the Top 40 attorneys Under 40. In 2018, she was selected as a finalist in the D CEO Corporate Counsel Awards, and in 2019, was selected to participate in the Dallas Bar Association’s WE LEAD Program, a program about Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession.

Her favorite quote is: “To whom much is given, much is required.”

Omar Alaniz is the hiring partner in Reed Smith’s Dallas office. Omar’s primary practice is representing distressed companies in out of court workouts, and chapter 11 restructurings. Omar regularly advises boards of directors in considering liability management alternatives. Omar’s diverse practice also includes representation of creditor committees, equity holders, joint venture partners, preference and fraudulent transfer plaintiffs and defendants, and other key stakeholders. Omar has substantial experience in energy restructurings, including onshore and offshore matters. He also has had significant representations in real estate, aviation, and health care matters. He has appeared in bankruptcy and appellate courts throughout the country, including the Texas and United States Supreme Courts.

Taylre is an associate in our Financial Industry Group, based in the Dallas office. Her practice focuses on business restructurings and insolvency-related matters. She represents debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings and complex bankruptcy litigation and also represents creditors’ committees.

Brice R. White is Associate General Counsel at Meta where he is a leader on Meta’s Global Legal Privacy Incident Management (GLPIM) team. He leads Meta’s compliance with Section IX of the FTC Consent Order, including investigating and reporting misuse of User data by third parties. He also leads GLPIM’s governance program. Brice is a Meta Connections Ambassador leading efforts to build community and recruit diverse talent.

Prior to joining Meta, Brice served as in-house counsel at Tyson Foods where he focused on litigation and investigations, while also leading the privacy legal team.  He was a member of the Council to the EVP, General Counsel for Tyson Foods., which focused on professional development,  as well as diversity and inclusion within the law department and company. 

Before joining Tyson Foods, Brice was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Arkansas, where he became only the second African American to hold that position in the District.

He is a member of the University of Arkansas Law Alumni board, and a Charter Member of TechGC. He has been listed as a Top 40 under 40 lawyer in Arkansas by The National Black Lawyers for several years.  He was featured in Modern Counsel magazine for his unique career path and efforts in diversity.

Chris is currently Vice-President and General Tax Counsel for Epiroc North America.  He began his career with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel (Corporate) before transitioning to the private sector with positions at DowLohnes PLLC (Now Cooley LLP), followed by KPMG.  After KPMG, he moved in-house, working for FedEx and Ericsson before beginning his current role at Epiroc in late 2017.  

Chris received his undergraduate degree from the University of North at Chapel Hill, his JD from Duke University School of Law, and his LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. 

Errol Brown is counsel in the Finance and Project Finance and Development Practice Groups in the Denver office of Haynes and Boone. Errol advises companies in a variety of industries, with an emphasis on sports, media, entertainment, and technology. His practice is focused on corporate transaction and governance matters related to sports and entertainment venues, professional sport teams, broadcasting rights and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining the firm, Errol was the Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Aon Cyber Solutions where he was responsible for product and partnership development. In addition, Errol has served as in-house counsel to a global private equity firm and a national cooperative bank along with working as a consultant at a Big Four accounting firm.

Errol has also been involved in community-based organizations, such as serving on the board of directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado and providing business development support to Code.org a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth around the globe.

Tracy Dalton joined Consilio in 2011 to open and run Texas operations.  With 25 years of legal experience, Tracy works directly with in-house lawyers and law firms to create and streamline legal solutions.  She advises and consults with clients in a wide variety of practice areas, including litigation management, legal operations, insurance, compliance, employment, due diligence, contracts management, and legal research/writing.  She focuses on process, efficiencies, and ROI to provide significant cost savings and metrics to demonstrate the value of legal services provided.

Tory Finley offers clients creative, responsive, and personable representation in complex commercial litigation and business disputes. His extensive litigation experience and enthusiasm enables him to be an effective advocate for his clients throughout all stages of litigation.
Tory represents national and international clients in a wide array of matters including but not limited to those involving negligence, breach of contract, trade secrets, shareholder/partnership disputes, personal injury, fraud, and misrepresentation, non-compete, and employment litigation, tortious interference, insurance coverage disputes, and wrongful death.
Tory also has experience litigating construction disputes and has assisted clients with OSHA investigations, payment disputes, and accident investigations.

Faith Lleva Anderson is Senior Vice President & General Counsel for American Airlines Federal Credit Union headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. The credit union has $7.3 billion in assets with over 300,000 members, and 47 branches located in 13 states and the District of Columbia. Anderson oversees legal, compliance, anti-money laundering, government relations and vendor management.

Anderson has served on the CFPB’s Credit Union Advisory Council where she was also the Subcommittee Chair of the Card, Payment and Deposit Markets Subcommittee. In 2017, she testified before the House of Representatives’ Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee at a hearing titled Examining the BSA/AML Regulatory Compliance Regime and participated in Treasury’s Roundtable meeting with credit unions. In 2016, she also participated in NCUA’s Exam Flexibility Initiative for billion dollar credit unions chaired by Regional Director Keith Morton.

Anderson has served as Chair for the American Bar Association Business Law’s Committee on Credit Unions. She testified at a HMDA hearing before Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke.  Anderson also served a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) representing credit unions where she also chaired its Depository & Delivery Systems Committee.   She has spoken to various groups including compliance officers, CEOs, board members and attorneys regarding regulatory, legal, compliance and diversity issues.

Prior to joining American Airlines Credit Union, Anderson was in private practice in Wisconsin.  She was also a former Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and also served as a staff attorney to the chief bankruptcy judge there.

Anderson holds a Juris Doctor from Marquette University where she was also a member of the Marquette Law Review.  She holds a bachelor’s of business administration degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  She is licensed to practice law in Texas and Wisconsin. 

Jobby (pron. “Joe-Bee”) Mathew is an attorney and community volunteer whose current role is Principal Corporate Counsel at Microsoft Corporation. Jobby holds both a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma and brings his years of experience as an IT Consultant for IBM and ExxonMobil to his counsel and advisory duties. A child of Indian immigrants, Jobby understands the need for Diversity and Inclusion in the modern workplace and the power it has, when wielded correctly, to uplift an organization both culturally and financially. Jobby also serves as Co-President of the Coppell ISD Education Foundation and is an advocate for public schools. He lives in Irving, Texas with his wife of 16 years and two children.

Albert is a seasoned legal, compliance and business executive who has taken on many roles within private law firm and corporate environments.  In his corporate roles, he has served as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Compliance Officer, and business division leader at global medical products, technology and healthcare companies including Abbott Laboratories, Zimmer Biomet, Ottobock North America, and now, Owlet.  Within these settings, Albert has championed diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including most recently serving as the Executive Sponsor of the Ottobock North America DE&I Council and Committee.  Prior to going in-house, Albert was a corporate, M&A and securities law partner at DLA Piper.   

In addition to publishing and speaking on corporate, M&A, compliance and legal topics, Albert enjoys serving his community as a Board Member of the Andy Roddick Foundation, which enriches the lives of underprivileged children through high-quality out-of-school time programs in Central Texas.  Albert has been recognized for his service to the legal community, earning the Texas Lawyer’s Extraordinary Minorities in Texas Law Award, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s “Best under 40” Award, and the Texas State Bar Asian Pacific Interest Section’s Justice David Wellington Chew Award.  Albert obtained his BA from UCLA and his JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law.  Albert currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and three children and enjoys coaching youth athletics, listening to live music and staying active.

Preston Bernhisel is the Chair of the Dallas Corporate Department. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, securities laws and other corporate matters, particularly in the oil & gas, power and renewable energy industries. He brings a depth of experience representing issuers and investment banking firms in equity and debt securities offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs), other public and private offerings of equity securities, registered and Rule 144A debt offerings and liability management transactions.

In addition, Mr. Bernhisel has extensive experience advising clients regarding Exchange Act reporting, stock exchange compliance and corporate governance.

Meghann Reeves represents clients in a variety of industries, including transportation, construction, and oil and gas.  She is a natural problem solver with a track record of success.  She has successfully defended construction companies in arbitration proceedings and negotiated countless favorable settlements.

Avvennett Gezahan is an Associate in the firm’s Dallas, Texas office, focusing her practice on General Liability litigation.Avvennett represents numerous firm clients for the defense in product liability, premises liability, personal injury, environmental, trucking and transportation, construction defect, and toxic tort matters.Prior to joining the firm, Avvennett worked for the City of Dallas, City Attorney’s Office as a Senior Assistant City Attorney in Community Prosecution.

LaCrecia Perkins is a member of Winstead’s Business Litigation Practice Group. She represents businesses and individuals in a variety of industries, including real estate, aviation/aerospace, life, health, and disability insurance, higher education, and others. She assisted in the representation of clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation and product liability matters across the country. LaCrecia is comfortable practicing in both state and federal court. She is a member of the Winstead Audit Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Women of Winstead Committee.  LaCrecia is also a Winstead Lateral Attorney Ambassador for the Dallas office.

Nadia Haghighatian is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight’s Dallas office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Ms. Haghighatian focuses her practice on patent litigation, representing clients with matters involving various technologies, including software, telecommunications, electrical, mechanical, and semiconductor technologies. She has experience with formulating opinions on noninfringement and invalidity, licensing, and preparing patent portfolios for enforcement. In addition, Ms. Haghighatian has represented clients in matters involving trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, and contract disputes.

J. Daryl Dorsey is a Director & Senior Attorney for American Airlines and has been with the airline for eight years. Daryl joined American in 2014, shortly after its successful merger with U.S. Airways.

Daryl is one of ten Labor and Employment attorneys at American Airlines’ headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Daryl manages and provides legal support for all international employment, labor and benefits matters in 55 international countries. Daryl also supports the payroll and garnishment teams on garnishment issues affecting airline employees. In addition, he works closely with the Privacy Office on privacy issues involving GDPR and data subject access requests from employees in the United Kingdom and the European Union.  

Daryl was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Morgan State University. Daryl attended law school in the evening programs at the University of Baltimore School of Law and Cleveland Marshall School of law while working full-time as a litigation paralegal for the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Baltimore and Greenbelt, Maryland; Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio.

Daryl began his attorney career as a federal law clerk managing Chapter 11 business cases for the chief bankruptcy judge in the Northern District of Ohio for six years.  Following his clerkship, Daryl served as in-house counsel for a national corporation and worked in private practice as a litigator for six years in Phoenix, Arizona before joining American.

Fun Fact: Daryl began deejaying and producing hip hop and house music in high school. He continues his love for creating and producing music in his spare time.

Punam Kaji is Senior Legal Counsel in the Employment Law Group at Fidelity Investments in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.  Prior to that, Punam was Assistant General Counsel at Ben E. Keith Company, a food and alcohol distributor. Her practice focuses on the full range of employment law issues from policy making, advice and counsel, to litigation. She is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law. Punam is passionate about making the experience of work better by finding practical solutions to workplace problems. Punam’s expertise comes from years of counseling and litigating employment law matters for clients while working at Haynes and Boone, LLP in the firm’s Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston offices.   

When Punam is not handling labor and employment issues, she serves her community. She is currently on the Diversity Committee of the Tarrant County Bar Association. She was recently appointed to the State Bar of Texas Diversity Task Force. She is the past Chair of the Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar of Texas. She has served on the board of the South Asian Bar Association of Houston (SABA Houston) and as a committee chairperson of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association (DAABA). In 2021, Punam was awarded the Tarrant County Young Lawyer of the Year. 

Punam’s commitment to local bar associations has been recognized on various occasions. In 2021, she was named Champion of Diversity by the Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar.  The ACC-DFW has named Punam a Finalist for Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion by the ACC DFW, and a Finalist for Corporate Counsel of the Year in a small legal department.  She has previously received an Outstanding Public Service Award from SABA Houston, and Member of the Year from DAABA. She has served on the board of various non-profit organizations in Houston and DFW. She is currently on the board of WiseUp TX, a nonprofit for South Asian Texans to become engaged citizens and she is the host of its podcast.  She and a small group of Asian American women lawyers in DFW recently founded a 501(c)(6) organization called The Podium, aimed at amplifying the voices of Asian American women lawyers. 

Punam regularly speaks at conferences and other venues regarding workplace issues, employment law, and on diversity and inclusion. She enjoys traveling with her husband, dining out and cooking (you can follow her food adventures on Instagram @eatsbyPK).  

Justin Johnson is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Jacobs (NYSE: J), a provider of a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sectors. Justin leads a global team of talented lawyers and professionals in the legal and insurance groups at the company. Prior to stepping into this role in 2021, Justin was the head of the corporate and securities group within the Jacobs legal department.

Francesca Perkins Austin currently serves as Senior Counsel, Associate Vice President at National Life Group, a diversified family of financial services companies offering life insurance, annuity and investment products.  In that role, she provides counsel on the development, administration, sales, marketing and distribution of fixed and variable life insurance and annuity products, including related regulatory and legislative issues.
Prior to joining NLG, Francesca worked in the Commercial Litigation group at BakerHostetler LLP.  In that role, she served as a key member of litigation team seeking worldwide asset recovery from financial institutions in hundreds of cases in connection with the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC.  In addition, she represented large manufacturers, sellers, premises owners and contractors in product liability and construction litigation.  She also represented the Tort Creditors Committee in the PG&E Chapter 11 bankruptcy; measured by asset value, the largest ever public utility bankruptcy and the biggest in California.Francesca also had the opportunity to serve as a federal law clerk to United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, The Honorable Andrew L. Carter and as a legal intern to The Honorable Ronald L. Ellis (retired), also of the Southern District of New York.Francesca received her undergraduate degree in History from Carleton College.  She earned her law degree from Fordham University of Law.

Katherine Gnadinger serves as Corporate Counsel at Microsoft, supporting the Manufacturing industry account teams. Her primary responsibilities include advising business clients on complex cloud computing deals and complex legal issues such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data privacy, and regulations affecting the Defense Industrial Base. She additionally provides risk analysis for and negotiation of strategic alliances, software and IP licenses, professional services and support contracts, and various other agreements. Prior to joining Microsoft, Katherine worked as a Senior Attorney at Bell Textron Inc., supporting US and Canadian military business, global supply chain, and IT security. Katherine received her Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and her Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University.

Ryan Summer Parley is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel for Neiman Marcus Group, a luxury retailer which includes both brick and mortar and online operations for Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Last Call, Horchow, and mytheresa. Ryan specializes in advertising, marketing, and social media law. She is responsible for drafting/negotiating contracts in several areas, including outsourcing agreements, licensing and web development agreements, maintenance and support, and product and service vendor agreements. Ryan is also responsible for the Company’s compliance efforts as it relates to data security. 

Ryan was formally Senior Legal Counsel for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, a DXC Technology Company, specializing in labor & employment, ERISA, complex commercial litigation, and technology transactions. Ryan also ran HPE’s affirmative recovery program where she was responsible for recovering $20M in FY16. 

Outside of work, Ryan is both an active member of both the legal community and community at large. Ryan is an active member of the Junior League of Dallas, dedicating a minimum of 60 hours a year to community service. Her focus is on a scholarship program created to assist female high school students in pursuing their dreams of higher education.

Isabel Andrade Crosby is Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for AECOM with primary responsibility for labor and employment matters globally. Isabel partners with AECOM’s Human Resource team at all phases of the employment relationship and is committed to employee engagement, retention, and diversity and inclusion. She helps ensure legal compliance related to candidate recruitment and onboarding, supports operations in workforce management through difficult challenges like COVID-19 and return to office issues, develops policies aimed at employee retention, and works through employee departures and offboarding issues.     

Prior to joining AECOM, Isabel was a partner at the global law firm, DLA Piper. Isabel is an experienced author on employment law topics and speaker, training employers and business leaders in employment laws and best practices, including diversity & inclusion topics, wage and hour issues, anti-discrimination and harassment, and best practices for conducting internal investigations. She attended the University of Texas School of Law where she was a member of the International Law Journal.  

Isabel is the mother to a very spirited and hilarious daughter who keeps her on her toes. Isabel is also actively involved in her local community, volunteering at the local public school and with the Girl Scouts of North Texas.

Rebecca Fike is a Partner at Vinson & Elkins whose practice focuses on shareholder enforcement, government and internal investigations, and white collar defense. As Senior Counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement for 10 years, Rebecca conducted more than 60 investigations, including three “Top 5” national priority investigations. At the SEC, she ran all aspects of her investigations, including crafting case strategy, interviewing witnesses and conducting on-the-record testimony, engaging in settlement negotiations, and drafting civil complaints and settlement documents. She frequently conducted investigations in parallel with the Department of Justice and other civil and criminal agencies.

Ashley Rogers is a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and practices in the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection practice group.

Ms. Rogers’ practice focuses on a wide range of data privacy and consumer protection matters, with particular expertise in representing clients in the technology and internet industries in putative data privacy class actions and in government investigations.  Ms. Rogers also counsels clients on a range of issues relating to data privacy and consumer protection laws.

Jennifer DeBoy is a native Texan. She graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Dallas and went on to study law at Southern Methodist University. She focused her studies on international tax, consumer, and intellectual property law. She also clerked at a mid-size international tax firm, a boutique estate planning firm, and the Federal Trade Commission while in law school. She went straight in-house at Copart, Inc., the top performer on Deloitte’s Exceptional 100 Companies list. She then worked at EZCORP, Inc. as Associate General Counsel. She gained omni-channel experience at KidKraft, Inc. and is now at Analog Devices. She has two young children who make her laugh (or sometimes cry) and when time permits, she travels with her husband or sneaks in an early morning run.  

Michelle D. Pelton is Director, Senior Corporate Counsel, of Global Employment & Labor at Match Group, Inc., where she manages all of the organization’s employment and labor matters globally by working with partners across Match Group’s significant portfolio to provide advice and counsel, develop and support strategic company initiatives, develop and conduct training, and manage the unique needs of both significant brand operations in the US and multiple countries outside the US as well as smaller, exploratory operations in other countries.  Prior to Match Group, she started her legal career in private practice with Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (now Foley Lardner following Gardere’s merger with Foley), and then provided in-house employment, labor, and litigation counsel at both J.C. Penney, Inc., and FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. In each of her prior in-house roles, as well as her current practice, Michelle has found success by building deep relationships with her colleagues and providing practical, business-focused and creative support and solutions.  

Michelle received her Bachelor of Arts degree in both English and Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with Plan 1 Honors.  She also graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.  In addition to Law Review, the Criminal Justice Clinic, and various other law school endeavors, Michelle doubled down on Client Counseling (a competitive law school “sport,” like Moot Court or Mock Trial) and traveled to South Africa on the US delegate team for the global competition in 2005, winning second place out of all teams globally. Michelle has held several leadership positions in organizations that promote women in the law, diversity in the legal profession, mentorship of others in legal and non-legal roles.  

Michelle is a proud wife and mother of two young human angels and one furry angel (well, angels most of the time …). She runs to stay sane and enjoys baking, reading, and traveling with family and friends. 

Vicki Blanton is the Assistant Vice President – Senior Legal Counsel for AT&T, Inc., with primary responsibility for the legal compliance of the domestic and international retirement benefit plans, with over $54 billion in assets. She has handled complex retirement plan and health and welfare benefit plan issues for several Fortune 50 publicly traded companies and for large governmental employers.  Ms. Blanton brings the real world practical perspective of implementing legal changes with each change’s ripple effects in benefit plan administration and to other areas of business operations.  Ms. Blanton has been a frequent speaker on a variety of topics, including substantive legal issues, diversity topics, and career development panels.  She is a Past President of the J.L. Turner Legal Association, winning accolades from the State Bar of Texas and the National Bar Association. Ms. Blanton has been named as a Dallas Business Journal Best Corporate Counsel, D Magazine’s List of Best Lawyers, and Eclipse Magazine’s Dynamic Lawyers.  Vicki is an American Fellow of the German Marshall Memorial Fund and was a Barrister in the American Inns of Court.  Vicki has served on and been appointed to a variety of non-profit, charitable, municipal and state boards; currently serving on the boards of the Dallas Chapter of the American Red Cross and Dallas Bar Association as the Secretary/Treasurer and is a past board member of the Dallas Bar Foundation.  She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University School of Law. Additionally, she has a Certificate of Study from Georgetown University’s Executive Development Program at the London School of Economics. Vicki has 2 daughters, a 2017 alumna of Howard University and a graduating senior at University of Missouri at Columbia (MIZZOU).

Jana Lambro is a Real Estate Shareholder in Munsch Hardt’s Dallas office. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Women’s Initiative Group.

She focuses her practice on assisting clients in various aspects of commercial real estate development, including purchases, sales, retail and ground leases, brokerage agreements and transactional financing. Jana also has experience in corporate law, including debt restructuring and refinancing, equity reorganization and division, private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Liz Ryan is a partner in Weil’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. An experienced first-chair trial lawyer, Liz represents clients in complex, high-stakes business disputes, including breach of contract, fraud, tort, non-compete and trade secrets, and defamation cases, in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. She has an excellent track record counseling and navigating companies through disputes and achieving business-oriented resolutions.