Alison D. Kennamer

Partner

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

• 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

Classes/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

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