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Attorney Biography

Mindy McGehee Riseden

Associate
713-752-8698

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Professional Experience

In addition to interning for Federal and State judges, Ms. Riseden served as a briefing attorney at the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio. Currently, she focuses her practice in commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels.

Associations/Affiliations

Garland Walker Inn of Court (2005-present)

State Bar of Texas – Appellate, Litigation and Insurance Sections

Houston Bar Association
The Houston Lawyer Editorial Board, 2005-2006
The Houston Lawyer Associate Editor, 2006-2007

Houston Young Lawyer's Association

Publications/Speeches

Judicial Spotlight: An Interview with Chief Justice Alma L. Lopez, The Appellate Advocate, Spring 2005 at 4 (with Angelica Alfaro)

Using Immigration as a Protectionist Mechanism While Promoting Free Trade, 8 L. & BUS. REV. AM. 667
(2002)

Press Releases & Honors

Computer Law Review & Technology Journal – Senior Articles Editor

Member of The Barristers, a scholarship and   leadership organization

Phi Delta Phi, International Legal Fraternity

Southern Methodist University’s McGuire Fellowship
Award for Ethics & Public Responsibility (2001)
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Practice Areas

Education

  • Dedman School of Law,
    Southern Methodist Univ.
    (J.D., 2003)
  • University of Hong Kong,
    Duke Univ. School of Law Program (Summer 2002)
  • Davidson College
    (B.A. Spanish, 2000)
  • La Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile (Spring 1999)

Bar & Court admissions

  • Admitted to the State Bar of Texas (November 2003)
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2004)

Clerkships

  • Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Justice Catherine Stone of the Court of Appeals of the Fourth District of Texas, 2003-2004.

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