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Ruth Piller |
Phone: (713) 752-8350
Fax: (713) 650-0027
Email:
URL: http://www.haysmcconn.com
Education:
University of Houston, LL.M., 1999
South Texas College, J.D., 1995
University of Houston, B.A., magna cum laude, 1988
Honors: Magna Cum Laude, University of Houston, 1988
Areas of Practice: Civil Appeals
Civil Litigation
Example Cases:
E.R. Dupuis Concrete Co. v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co., _ S.W.3d _, 2004 Tex. App. Lexis 4190 (Tex. App.--Beaumont March 24, 2004, no pet. h.)
Wilson v. Patel, No. 03-03-00275-CV, 2004 Tex. App. Lexis 2614 (Tex. App.--Austin March 25, 2004, no pet. h.) (mem. op.)
Adi v. Prudential Property and Casualty Ins. Co., No. 14-01-01001-CV, 2003 Tex. App. Lexis 10338 (Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 11, 2003, pet. filed)(mem. op.)
Rittmer v. Garza, 65 S.W.3d 718 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 2001, no pet.)
In re Shell Oil Co., 128 S.W.3d 694 (Tex. App.--Beaumont 2004)(orig. proceeding)
Admissions:
Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2003
United States Supreme Court, 2004
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2005
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2005
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2005
Professional Affiliations:
- Houston Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
Biography:
Order of the Lytae. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Research and Writing, 1995. Associate Editor: South Texas Law Review, 1994-1995; Litigation News, 1996-2003. Editor-in-Chief, The Houston Lawyer, 2002-2003. Board Member, The Houston Lawyer, 1996—. Recipient, Houston Bar Association President's Award for Outstanding Service, 2001-2002, 2003-2004.
