Austin Litigation Lawyer | Texas

With a practice spanning from Texas to New York, Kendyl T. Hanks is an experienced trial litigator and appellate advocate who represents clients throughout the country in state and federal forums. Kendyl represents clients from entrepreneurs, investors, executives and partnerships to Fortune 500 companies and burgeoning multinational firms.  She has experience litigating and resolving high-stakes business disputes and test cases involving contract disputes, fraud claims, breaches of warranty, fiduciary duty, alter ego, bankruptcy confirmation and adversary proceedings, negligence and estoppel, real estate disputes, securities law, tribal sovereignty, tax disputes, joint and several liability and proportionate fault, governmental immunity and other issues of importance to her business clients.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Shareholder	Greenberg Traurig, LLP		2013-present
Of Counsel	Susman Godfrey LLP		2012
Governor	ABA Board of Governors		2009-2012
Partner (2010-2011) Associate (2001-2009)	Haynes and Boone, LLP		2001-2011
Intern for Justice Greg Abbott	Supreme Court of Texas		2000
Summer Associate	Mithoff & Jacks		1999
Staff Assistant and Projects Manager,	Public Strategies Washington, Inc.		1997-1998

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Texas School of Law	J.D.	Law School	2001
Princeton University	B.A. with honors and distinction	Politics	1997

State / Court	Date
New York	2007
Texas	2001
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New York -8th Judicial Court of Erie County -State - Supreme Court
New York Eastern District Court
New York Southern District Court
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas Eastern District Court
Texas Northern District Court
Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
Texas Western District Court
US Supreme Court

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  American Bar Association
  Board of Governors, 2009-2012
  House of Delegates, 2009-2012
  American Bar Association, Section of Business Law
  Co-Chair, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, Appellate Litigation Subcommittee, 2004-Present
  American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Board, 2009-2012
  New York State Bar Association
  House of Delegates, 2009-2012
  Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction, 2009-2011
  Princeton Women’s Network of NYC, Co-Chair, 2009-2012
  American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2008-present

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  Lifetime Member, Cambridge Who's Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs
  Selected, Top Women Lawyers in the New York Metro Area, The New York Times magazine, December 2012
  Selected, "Rising Star" in the practice of business litigation in the New York Metro Area, Super Lawyers magazine, 2011, 2012
  Selected, "Who's Who in American Law," 2011, 2012
  Member, Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, 2004-2008, 2012
  Elected, Member of the American Law Institute, March 2011
  Recipient, "President's Award of Merit," Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2006-2007
  Listed, D Magazine, "Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40," May 2006
  Named, "Texas Rising Star" in the practice of appellate law, Texas Monthly, 2005, 2006
  Recipient, "Pro Bono Award," Travis County Women Lawyers Association, 2004
  The College of the State Bar of Texas, Member, 2004-2008

• Areas of Concentration: Business and commercial litigation State and federal appeals Preservation of error during trial and preparation for appeal Precedent-setting test cases "Contort" litigation involving contract and tort disputes Defense of governmental units against tort claims

• Author, "Appellate Practice," American Bar Association Annual Review of Litigation, 2012
  Co-Author, "Appellate Practice," American Bar Association Annual Review of Litigation, 2011
  Co-Author, "Marketing from a Young Partner's Perspective," Marketing the Law Firm, Volume 26, Number 11, March 2011
  Co-Author, "'Pay-for-Delay’ Settlements: Antitrust Violation or Proper Exercise of Pharmaceutical Patent Rights?" Business Law Today, February 2011
  Co-Author, "Supreme Court Update: Decisions from 2009," Business Law Today, Volume 19, Number 1, September/October 2009
  Author, "Developing Your Practice," Canadian Bar Association, Young Lawyers Edition, April 2009
  Author, "Developing Your Practice," Texas Young Lawyers Association, TYLA eNews, March 2, 2009
  Author, "Developing Your Practice," American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Volume 13, Number 3, December 2008
  Author, "Obtaining and Challenging Supersedes Bonds: New Procedures and Problems," Texas Young Lawyers Association, TYLA eNews, September 2007
  Author, "U.S. Supreme Court Update: Philip Morris v. Williams- Further Defining the Constitutional Limits on Punitive Damages; and Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency- The Supreme Court Faces an Inconvenient Truth?" Texas Young Lawyers Association, TYLA eNews, May 2007
  Co-Author, "Annual Survey of Texas Appellate Practice and Procedure," SMU Law Review, Summer 2005
  Author, "Apportionment of Liability Under Chapter 33," The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Report, Fall 2004
  Co-Author, "Formation of the Judgment and Calculation of Interest," 14th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals, University of Texas School of Law, June 3-4, 2004
  Co-Author, "Preserving Error Under Amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 51," ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers Newsletter, Spring 2004
  Author, "Monthly Northern District Update," Dallas Federal Bar Association, 2003-2004
  Co-Author, "Fifth Circuit Update," State Bar of Texas Appellate Advocate, 2002-Present

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