First Admitted: 1993, Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

Dallas Bar Association Section of Litigation, Planning Council Member
Fellow: American Bar Foundation
Standing Committee Member: Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, State Bar of Texas, 2007 - 2013
Chair: Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 2005 - 2008; Attorney Liability Sub-Committee, Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 2002 - 2005

Special Licenses/Certifications:

American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator Panel Member for Commercial Arbitration , 2019

Honors/Awards:

Recognized, Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly (2017-2019)
Recognized, ABA Section of Litigation Outstanding Subcommittee Chair (2002-2003)
Recognized, Women Leaders in the Law, Fortune Magazine & ALM (2015)
Recognized, Top 50: Women Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly (2016-2019)
Business Litigation, Texas Super Lawyers, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
As published by D Magazine (2017-2020), Best Lawyers in Dallas
Recognized in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, and Construction Litigation., Best Lawyers in America
AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Educational Background:

Baylor University School of Law, J.D. with honors, 1993 (Senior Notes & Comments Editor, Baylor Law Review; Baylor's ABA Moot Court Team; Baylor's National Mock Trial Team; National Order of Barristers) The University of Texas, B.B.A., 1987 The University of Texas, B.S. with honors, 1986

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Judicial clerk to The Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1993 and 1994

Industry Groups:

Carol C. Payne