Denyse F. Clancy - Oakland, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1999
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Valedictorian
    Law Review: SMU Law Review, Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Columbia University, 1992
    M.A.
  • Yale University, 1989
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Baron & Budd, Shareholder, Lead Appellate and Trial Counsel

Languages

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, "Benzene-Related Diseases: The Plaintiff's Perspective", Mealey's Benzene Litigation Conference, New York, December 4, 2006
  
• Presenter, "Building and Defending a Warnings Case", Harris Martin Benzene Litigation Conference, Miami, Florida, November 2, 2006
  
• Presenter, "State of the Art", Mealey's Benzene Litigation Conference, Marina del Rey, California, June 12, 2006 - June 13, 2006
  
• Presenter, "Benzene Litigation", Mealey's Toxic Tort Update: Texas, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2006 - March 10, 2006
  
• Presenter, "Why Benzene is Not the New Asbestos", Harris Martin Benzene Litigation 101 Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 2, 2006
  
• Presenter, "The Law: Proving Up and Defending Against Liability", Harris Martin Benzene Seminar, Los Angeles, California, September 29, 2005
  
• Presenter, "The Admissibility of Refinery-Conducted Epidemiological Studies", Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, July 24, 2004

Representative Cases

• Izell v. Union Carbide
• Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific
• Watts v. Hebert Brothers
• Moore v. Ericsson

Published Works

Articles

• "Fraud Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933: Should Pleading with Particularity be Required?", 27 SEC. REG. L.J. 411, 2000
  
• "The Deductibility of the Costs of Aircraft Maintenance", 64 J. AIR. L. & Com. 539, 1999
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1999
• California, 2008
• Louisiana, 2010
• Pennsylvania, 2010
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association