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Debora Beck Alsup
Thompson & Knight
98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1900
Austin, TX 78703
(Travis)
Admitted: 1982, Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Law School: Baylor University, J.D., cum laude, 1982
College: Baylor University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense
Additional Information: Austin (Co-Founder, Civil Appellate Law Section) and American (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Litigation and Appellate Sections); College of the State Bar of Texas. <P> Speaks Spanish <P> Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America® by Woodward/White Inc. (Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation), 2008-2010; Texas Super Lawyers® by Thomson Reuters (Appellate, Civil Litigation Defense), 2003-2004, 2006-2009. Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review. Briefing Attorney, Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill, Justice Ted Robertson, Texas Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Publications and Presentations: "Client Alert: Texas Supreme Court Rejects Single-Business-Enterprise Theory," December 4, 2008; "Effective Brief Writing," Civil Appeals for Trial Lawyers, South Texas College of Law CLE, December 2001; "Appellate Squares," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Appellate Section, June 2000; "Update of Insurance Appellate Cases," presentation to insurance professionals, with Texas Supreme Court Justice Greg Abbott, October 1999; "Latest Trends in Insurance Appellate Cases," presentation to insurance professionals, with the Hon. John Cornyn , September 1998; "Gilligan's Appeal: An Interactive Legal Adventure," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Appellate Section, June 1998; "Preparing A Brief to the Court of Appeals," Civil Appellate Law Course for Trial Lawyers, South Texas College of Law seminar, December 1997; "Recent Insurance Appellate Decisions," speech to insurance professionals, Thompson & Knight seminar, October 1997; "Texas Tort Liability and Coverage," American International Group, Inc., October 1997; "Latest Insurance Appellate Cases and Tort Reform Legislative Update," Texas Surplus Lines Association Annual Meeting, July 1997; "Appellate Cases in the Insurance Arena," speech to insurance professionals, Thompson & Knight seminar, September 1996; "A Perfect Start: Perfection of a State Court Appeal," Advanced Appellate Practice Seminar, September 1996; "Preparing the Record for Appeal," Travis County Bar Association Appellate Practice Seminar, September 1996; "Appellate Practice for Trial Lawyers," Travis County Bench Bar Association, April 1996. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)