The Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) has added Attorney Barbara DePeña to its Houston office.

Ms. DePeña joins ADJ from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where she clerked for Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez. She also previously clerked for former Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas and Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas.

“We are excited for Barbara to join our team,” said ADJ managing partner Marcy Hogan Greer. “Her experience clerking for and practicing in some of our most prestigious federal and state courts has provided her with significant insights into the trial and appellate process that will be invaluable to our clients.”

Prior to clerking at the Fifth Circuit, Ms. DePeña was an associate at two of Texas’s most-respected litigation boutiques. She is a former officer of the Houston Young Lawyers Association.

“I am thrilled to join Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, a firm that continues to set the standard for excellence in Texas appellate law,” said Ms. DePeña.

Ms. DePeña is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. She earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. Before law school, Barbara taught middle school Spanish for Teach for America in Maryland.

About Alexander Dubose & Jefferson

ADJ offers clients a 21st-century approach to litigation in which appellate counsel, trial lawyers, and the clients work together collaboratively and efficiently to assess risk, explore creative solutions and develop strategies to maximize the odds of a favorable outcome. ADJ attorneys work closely with their clients at all stages of litigation. The firm provides multiple layers of experience and expertise, including pretrial strategy and in-trial collaboration, error preservation, issue identification, trial briefing and jury-charge work, post-trial management, and all aspects of appellate proceedings. The firm has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. In addition to a former Chief Justice and Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, the firm's lawyers include a former Justice of the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston and multiple former staff attorneys and law clerks from the Supreme Court of Texas and the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals. The firm is ranked in Band 1 and has numerous lawyers recognized for excellence by Chambers USA in Litigation: Appellate for Texas, as well as numerous recognitions in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, and Texas Super Lawyers. To learn more about Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, visit https://www.adjtlaw.com.

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