Ms. Askew represents clients in complex commercial and employment litigation. She has successfully tried cases to jury verdicts in state and federal district courts around the country, and handled appeals before the Texas Courts of Appeals and the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals. Ms. Askew is a long-time leader in the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, and Dallas Bar Association. She chaired the State Bar Board of Directors in 2003-04 after service as chair of the Section of Litigation and the Continuing Legal Education Committee. Ms. Askew is a member of the ABA House of Delegates, Past Chair of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, the first lawyer of color to have held the office of chair in this prestigious national position, and serves on the Board of Directors of ALI-ABA. She is a member of the Council of The American Law Institute. In 2012, the State Bar of Texas Section of Litigation awarded her the Luther Soules III Award for professionalism and outstanding service to the profession. She was recognized in 2011 by Lawdragon as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America.” In 2010, D Magazine named her to its inaugural list of Best Women Lawyers in Dallas in the area of Labor and Employment law, and Texas Lawyer selected her as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century. Ms. Askew is a frequent writer and speaker on discovery, evidentiary, business litigation, and employment law topics. The State Bar of Texas selected Ms. Askew’s presentation on “Texas State and Federal Privileges Update,” at the Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course in 2009 as one of the state’s best CLE presentations of the year.
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Ms. Askew clerked for Jerry Buchmeyer, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.