Alison D. Kennamer - Brownsville, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1988
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: With Honors

• Non Legal Education

  • Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1985
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Strasburger & Price, LLP, Associate Attorney, 1988 - 1993

Classes and Seminars

• Overview of the Law of Expert Witnesses, University of Texas Annual Evidence Symposium, 2000
  
• Overview of the Law of Expert Witnesses, University of Texas Annual Page Keeton Products Liability Conference, 1999

Pro Bono Activities

• North Texas Legal Services Pro Bono Project, 1989 - 1993

Published Works

Articles

• Issues Raised by the Potential Application of Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel in Texas Products Liability Cases, 30 Texas Tech Law Review 1127, Issue No. 3, 1999
  
• Fifth Circuit Survey: Evidence (Co-Author), 26 Texas Tech Law Review 625, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issue, 1995
  
• Fifth Circuit Survey: Criminal Law (Co-Author), 25 Texas Tech Law Review 601, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issues, 1994
  
• Fifth Circuit Survey: Criminal Law (Co-Author), 24 Texas Tech Law Review 533, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issues, (Best Article Award Winner), 1993
  
• Thoughts on Expert Retention in the Daubert/Robinson Era: Roaming Beyond Your Rolodex, (Co-Author), The Advocate State Bar Litigation Section Report, Vol 33, p.7, 2005
  
• Principals' and Indemnitors' Rights and Obligations (Co-Author), 3rd Annual Construction Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law, 1990

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1988
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Cameron County Bar Association, Local Rules Committee, 2005 - 2012 (Chair)
• Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Committee)
• Defense Research Institute (Fire and Casualty Subcommittee)
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Bar Journal Board, 2004 - 2010
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1993 (Administration of Justice Committee)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1991 (Anti-Illiteracy, Anti-Dropout Committee)
• Cameron County Young Lawyers Association, 1993 - 1998
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 1988 - 1993
• Dallas County Bar Association, 1988 - 1993
• Dallas County Bar Association, 1988 - 1993 (Social Committee)
• Dallas County Bar Association, 1992 (High School Involvement Committee & Chairperson)
• Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1998