Shane McClelland - Katy, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • South Texas College of Law Houston, Houston, Texas, May, 2004
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: Traveling Member, South Texas’s Moot Court Teams
    Honors: South Texas Moot Court: Administrative Law Competition and Duberstein National Bankruptcy Competition
    Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Note & Comment Editor, 2003 - 2004

• Non Legal Education

  • The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, December, 1998
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Major: History
    Minor: English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Business Litigation and Employment Litigation Sections, Houston, Texas, Associate, 2006 - 2007
• Honorable Marcia A. Crone, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, Texas, Judicial Clerk, 2004 - 2006
• Honorable George C. Hanks, Jr., Texas First Court of Appeals (now United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of Texas), Houston, Texas, Law Student Judicial Intern, 2003
• Attorney General of Texas, John Cornyn (now United States Senator), Austin, Texas, Summer Law Clerk, 2002
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division, Federal law clerk, 2004 - 2006
• Herbert & McClelland, LLP, Houston, Texas, Partner, 2017 - 2018
• Law Office of Shane Mcclelland, PLLC, Houston, Texas, Partner, 2018 - Present
• Simon Herbert & Mcclelland & Stiles, LLP, Houston, Texas, Partner, 2007 - 2013
• Simon Herbert & Mcclelland, LLP, Houston, Texas, Partner, 2007 - 2017

Classes and Seminars

• Civil Pretrial Proceedings: All I Really Need To Know I Learned in First-Year Law School, Jefferson County Bar Association, 2007 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Advocate
• American Diabetes Association, Advocate
• Young Life, Advocate
• Young Life, Fast Track Area Director, 1999 - 2001
• Young Life, Property Staff, 1998 - 1999
• Young Life Katy West Houston Adult Board Member

Representative Cases

• Qureshi v. United States, 600 F.3d 523 (5th Cir. 2010)
• Howard v. Weston, 354 F. App’x 75 (5th Cir. 2009)

Published Works

Articles

• How to Help Your Teen Handle a Car Accident, HG.org, 2023
  
• How to Deal with an Insurance Company After a Car Wreck, Legal Reader, 2023
  
• Five ways local businesses can become more involved in the community, Katy Times, 2023
  
• How to Successfully Elevate Your Solo Practice in 2023, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2023
  
• Top Lawyers: Shane McClelland On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law, Medium Magazine, 2023
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• Colorado
• Nebraska
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Attorney Member)
• Houston Bar Association, 2007 - Present (Attorney Member)
• Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court (Attorney Member)
• Katy Bar Association (Member)
• Michelle F. Mehaffy American Inns of Court
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association
• Association of Former Law Clerks of the Eastern District of Texas (Member)