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 | Elisabeth A. Wilson | | Associate | Dallas
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
214.745.5635 Direct
214.745.5390 Fax
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| ProfileElisabeth Wilson is an associate in Winstead's Commercial Litigation Group. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and business disputes across a wide array of industries, including real estate litigation, business tort litigation, insurance litigation, and bankruptcy-related litigation. Elisabeth also represents national banks, lenders, investors, and judgment creditors in bankruptcy matters under Chapters 7 and 11, primarily involving commercial real estate and small businesses.
Prior to joining Winstead, Elisabeth served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Jane J. Boyle, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to her federal clerkship, Elisabeth served a one-year term as the briefing attorney for the Honorable Justice Douglas S. Lang, Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. Representative ExperienceLitigation: Representation of plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation involving issues such as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, wrongful foreclosure, lien priority, insurance disputes, suit to quiet title, and defense of consumer litigation.
Bankruptcy: Representation of secured creditors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases involving such issues as cash collateral, section 363 sales, relief from automatic stay, and plan confirmation; pursuit of dismissal of the bankruptcy case or appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee; defense of violation of automatic stay litigation; defense of bankruptcy preference litigation; successful pursuit of contempt, sanctions, and criminal referral for bankruptcy crimes against the principal of a Debtor; and obtained a non-dischargeability judgment for an individual judgment creditor.
| | | - U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
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| Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
- cum laude
- Editor-in-Chief, Computer Law Review and Technology Journal
- Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Law Scholar (full tuition)
- Hispanic Law Students Association (Officer)
- Board of Advocates and Moot Court Board
- William “Mac” Taylor American Inn of Court
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
- Active in Mock Trial and Moot Court competitions
| University of Southern California- B.S., Occupational Therapy, 1998
- magna cum laude
- B.A., Psychology, 1997
- magna cum laude
- National Merit Scholar
- National Hispanic Scholar
- Trustee’s Scholar (full tuition)
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- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Director; Leadership Class, 2009-2010; Midnight Recess Committee Co-chair)
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association (Vice President; Past Law Student Committee Co-Chair)
- Dallas Bar Association (“Bar None” Production Company; Community Involvement Committee)
- DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court
- Federal Bar Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
- All Tri and Team in Training – charity triathlon fundraiser
- Club Leader, Latino Leaders Magazine
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- Computer Law Review and Technology Journal, Best Case Note Finalist and Best Comment Finalist, 2006-2007
- Ben Love Memorial Insurance Law Scholarship from the Texas State Bar, Insurance Section, 2006
- Dallas Bar Foundation Collins Clerkship, 2005
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