IN THE NEWS
• Deborah Hankinson was selected as one of the top 50 Female Texas Super Lawyers in the October 2007 issue of Texas Monthly and in the Texas Super Lawyers magazine October 2007 issue.

• Elana Einhorn was selected as a Texas Super Lawyer in the October 2007 issue of Texas Super Lawyers magazine.

• Rick Thompson has been appointed to serve a three-year term as a member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization's Civil Appellate Exam Committee.  Elana Einhorn has just completed a three-year term on that Committee.

• Elana Einhorn served on the Planning Committee for the 2008 University of Texas Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals.  She has served on the Planning Committee for the past three Conferences.

PUBLICATIONS

• For Stable, Predictable, and Faithful to Precedent:  Why Stare Decisis Matters, co-authored by Rick Thompson and Cassandra Robertson, to be published by the University of Texas School of Law for the 17th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2007).

• For the Record: Exploring Judicial Notice on Appeal, co-authored by Elana Einhorn, Rick Thompson, Dana Livingston Cobb, and Jennifer Tillison published by the University of Texas School of Law for the 16th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2006).

• The Continued Evolution of Standards of Review in Texas, authored by Rick Thompson, published by Appellate Boot Camp 2005, State Bar of Texas (Sept. 2005).

• What’s New at the Texas Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, authored by Elana Einhorn and Andrew Weber, published by the University of Texas School of Law for the 15th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2005).

• Use of Restatements and Federal Authority, authored by Elana Einhorn, has been published by the State Bar of Texas, Texas Supreme Court Practice Manual 2005, Chapter 12 (April 2005).

• Standards & Scopes of Review, authored by Deborah Hankinson and Rick Thompson, has been published by The Advocate, Vol. 29, Preparing for Appeal, Litigation Section, State Bar of Texas (Winter 2004).

• An Overview of Selected Issues in Punitive Damages, authored by Elana Einhorn, Justice Deborah G. Hankinson, Philip K. Maxwell, and Thomas E. Kurth, has been published by the University of Texas Damages Institute (2004).

• Basic Training:  Interlocutory Appeals in State Court, authored by Rick Thompson, has been published by Appellate Boot Camp 2004, State Bar of Texas (Sept. 2004).

SPEECHES
• Deborah Hankinson will be lecturing on Litigation in U.S. Courts and the Role of the Judiciary at the 45th Annual Academy of American and International Law session held at the Center for American and International Law in Plano, TX on May 19, 2008.

• Deborah Hankinson discussed Looking Through the Glass Ceiling as a panelist at the Sedgwick Women's Forum in Dallas, TX on November 12, 2007.

• Deborah Hankinson discussed State Justice Communities: Checking in with Four States as a panelist at the National Legal Aid & Defender Association Annual Conference in Tucson, AZ on November 9, 2007.

• Deborah Hankinson participated in A Candid Conversation Between Appellate Judges and Lawyers:  What You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask as a panelist at The Appellate Sections of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association and Tarrant County Bar Association seminar in Dallas, TX on November 6, 2007.

• Deborah Hankinson discussed Appellate Mediation as a panelist at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course in Austin, TX on September 6, 2007. 

Deborah
Hankinson
Deborah Hankinson was listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Appellate Law in the 2008 Edition of Best Lawyers in America.

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