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Paula W. Hinton
Paula W. Hinton
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Biography
Paula Hinton is a partner in the firm's litigation and international arbitration sections. Her practice focuses on representing businesses in complex civil litigation. She has assisted businesses in courtrooms across the country and in arbitration forums to resolve a wide variety of disputes, including those concerning contracts and general business issues, consumer disputes, environmental issues, fraud investigations, trademark issues, trade secret issues, telecommunications litigation, technical litigation, and numerous class actions.
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Representative Experience
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- Successfully defended a national gasoline retailer facing a breach of contract, tort, and RICO action brought by a terminated supplier in CPR arbitration and secured a take-nothing award
- Successfully opposed several nationwide class certifications in consumer class actions for major oil companies
- Successfully represented a major defense contractor in a multi-million dollar breach of warranty matter in international arbitration
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Alabama, B.A. magna cum laude in political science, 1976; M.P.A., 1979 (Outstanding Graduate Student Award)
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1979 (Pi Sigma Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and Farrah Law Society)
- Federal clerkship in the Southern District of Alabama, 1979-1980
- Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, Rotary International Graduate Fellow in Comparative Law, 1980-1981
- Admitted to practice: Alabama, 1979; Texas, 1982; United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama
Professional Recognition
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- The Best Lawyers in America®, in mass tort litigation 2008 - 2011
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Expert Guide to Leading U.S. Litigation Lawyers, 2005
- American Law Institute, 2003 - present
Activities and Affiliations
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- Member: Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; Federal Bar Association; Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism; London Court of International Arbitration; Supreme Court Historical Society; Alexis de Tocqueville Society, United Way; Women’s Initiative Steering Committee of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast (2004 - Present; Chair, 2007 - 2008)
- American Bar Association: Alternate Texas Delegate to ABA House of Delegates (2007); Section of Litigation; The Woman Advocate Committee; Co-Chair, Rainmaker's Committee of The Woman Advocate (2007); Co-Chair, Programming Committee (2008 - 2010); Committee on Corporate Counsel; Section on International Law and Practice; Business Law Section; Commission on Women’s Margaret Brent League; Center for Professional Responsibility
- Board Director: State Bar of Texas (2002 - 2005); Executive Committee (2003 - 2005); Administration Committee; Co-Chair, Performance Measures Subcommittee; Chair, Section Coordination Committee; Co-Chair, Discipline and Client Attorney Assistance Committee; Co-Chair, Public Service and Education Committee
Publications and Presentations
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- Faculty/Author: Texas College for Judicial Studies, “Business Litigation: Theories, Claims, Causes of Action,” Texas Center for the Judiciary, Inc. (April 2004, April 2008) and “General Negligence” (May 2005); Guest Lecturer, University of Houston School of Law
- "Women and the Law: Where are we, where are we going, and how do we get there?" Yale Law Women's organization, April 16, 2009
- Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference Planning Committee, South Texas College of Law, February 2008
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.4494
Fax +1.713.615.5543
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