Alison D. Kennamer
Partner
Location: | Brownsville, Texas |
Phone: | 956-542-7441 |
866-330-6805 | |
Fax: | 956-541-2170 |
Email: | Email Me |
V-Card: | Download V-Card |
Areas of Practice
- Products Liability Defense
- Personal Injury Defense
- Insurance Law
- Trial Practice
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
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D. – 1988
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: With Honors
- Rice University, Houston, Texas
- B.A. cum laude – 1985
Published Works
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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
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Fifth Circuit Survey: Evidence (Co-Author), 26 Texas Tech Law Review 625, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issue, 1995
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Fifth Circuit Survey: Criminal Law (Co-Author), 25 Texas Tech Law Review 601, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issues, 1994
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Fifth Circuit Survey: Criminal Law (Co-Author), 24 Texas Tech Law Review 533, Fifth Circuit Symposium Issues, (Best Article Award Winner), 1993
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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
Classes/Seminars
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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
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Cameron County Bar Association, Local Rules Committee, Chair, 2005 – 2012
- 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, Administration of Justice Committee, 1993
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Anti-Illiteracy, Anti-Dropout Committee, 1991
- Cameron County Young Lawyers Association, 1993 – 1998
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 1988 – 1993
- Dallas County Bar Association, 1988 – 1993
- Dallas County Bar Association, Social Committee, 1988 – 1993
- Dallas County Bar Association, High School Involvement Committee & Chairperson, 1992
- Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1988 – 1998
Past Employment Positions
- Strasburger & Price, LLP, Associate Attorney, 1988 – 1993
Pro Bono Activities
- North Texas Legal Services Pro Bono Project, 1989 – 1993