Felicia’s more than 20 years of experience and training as a complex civil and commercial litigator, dispute resolutionary, entrepreneur, and public official includes:
Antitrust
Business dissolution
Business disparagement
Business torts
Civil theft
Common law claims
Consumer disputes
Contract disputes
Formation
Lease agreements
Purchase Agreements
Services agreements
Joint Venture agreements
Partnership agreements
Corporate Governance
Defamation
Libel & Slander
Eldercare
Employment
Contracts
Discrimination/Harassment
Title VII
TCHRA
ADEA
ADA
Internal Investigations
Noncompete agreements
Nonsolicitation agreements
Privacy
Workers Compensation
Elections & Campaigns
Explosions
Fiduciary Duties
Fraud/Misrepresentation
Governmental Immunity
Indemnification
Insurance Coverage
Negligence
Nursing Homes & Facilities
Change of Ownership
Standards of Care
Partnership duties
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Products Liability
Property Damage
Property Taxes (Ad valorem)
Property rights
Community Assns
Condemnation
Eminent Domain
Surface/Mineral Rights
Trespass – Physical
Trespass – Seismic
Public Policy
Sovereign Immunity
Torts
Tortious Interference
Trade Secrets
UCC Claims
Workers Compensation
Wrongful Death
Felicia has worked with companies, individuals, and experts in numerous industries and commercial sectors including:
Banking & Financial Services
Cleaning Services
Construction
Consulting Services
Disaster Cleanup
Elections & Campaigns
Energy (Oil & Gas)
Energy Services
Engineering Services
Equine Breeding & Training
Industrial Plant Maintenance & Safety Services
Leasing (Commercial Real Estate, Oil & Gas)
Legal Services
Local Government
Managed Information & Cloud-Based Services
Manufacturing
Non-Profits
Nursing Homes & Facilities
Pipelines
Pharmaceutical
Private Equity
Ranching
Restaurant
Seismic Negotiations & Exploration
Waste & Recycling Services
DR PANELS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Texas Comptroller Registry of Arbitrators, Property Tax Appraisal Review Arbitrator
Early Dispute Resolution Institute, Mediator
Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Volunteer Mediator
Better Business Bureau (Houston Region), Volunteer Mediator
American Bar Association
Dispute Resolution Section, Member
-Arbitration Committee, Member
-Early Dispute Resolution Committee, Member
-Ethics Committee, Member
-Mediation Committee, Member
State Bar of Texas
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Member
Houston Bar Association
Dispute Resolution Section, Member
Professionalism Committee, Member
Speakers Bureau Committee, Member
Brazoria County Bar Association
Dispute Resolution Practice Area
Texas Association of Mediators, Member
Association of Conflict Resolution, Member
Certified Mediator (2014-Present)
Trained Arbitrator (2021-Present)
ADMISSIONS Licensed to practice before all state courts in Texas
Admitted to practice before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Federal courts in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Admitted pro hac vice in courts of other states (including Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana)
EDUCATION South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1997
Doctorate of Jurisprudence, summa cum laude
Class Rank: No. 1
Selected by peers as “Outstanding Female Graduate”
Articles Editor, SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1992
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (emphasis in Public Relations), cum laude
Section Editor, AGGIELAND (TAMU’s Yearbook)
PREVIOUS LAW FIRMS Barry Conge Harris LLP, Founding Partner & Head of Litigation
Burleson LLP, Litigation Partner
Buck Keenan LLP, Litigation Partner
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP (kna Eversheds Sutherland, LLP), Litigation Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Senior Associate
Kyle & Kyle, LLP, Founding & Managing Partner
Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP (kna Beck Redden LLP), Senior Associate
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP & INERNSHIP Briefing Attorney, Chief Justice John Hill Cayce, Jr. (Ret.), Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, Texas
Intern, Justice Adele Hedges (Ret.), First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Congressional Candidate
TX District 22 (Sept.-Dec. 2019)
TX District 14 (2011-2012)
City of Pearland, Texas
Mayor Pro-Tem (2009-2010)
Councilmember, Position 4 (2006-2009; 2009-2012)
Pearland Economic Development Corporation, Director (2003-2006)
Greater Houston Partnership
Emerging Women Leaders, Member (2010-2011)
- Steering Committee Member (2011)
Federal Relations Committee, Member (2011)
Woodway Financial Advisors
Advisory Board Member (2011)
Center for Houston’s Future Leadership Forum, Graduate, Fall 2009
K9s4Cops, Second Annual “2-9s for K9s” Charity Golf Tournament, Co-Chair (2014)