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K. Virginia Burke DeBeer
K. Virginia Burke DeBeer
Senior Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation
Senior Associate — Complex Commercial Litigation

K. Virginia Burke DeBeer

K. Virginia Burke DeBeer
Dallas

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

K. Virginia Burke DeBeer

Experience Highlights

  • Defending officers and directors of E&P company in putative securities class action under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act. City of Warwick Retirement System v. Concho Resources, et al., No. 4:21-cv-03574 (S.D. Tex.)

  • Defending payroll software company and its officers and directors in putative securities class action under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act. Ventrillo et al v. Paycom Software Inc et al, 5:23-cv-01019-F (W.D. Okla.)

  • Obtained partial denial of motion for class certification in securities fraud class action, on the ground that plaintiffs had failed to show price impact as to several alleged corrective disclosures.  Allegheny Cnty. Emps.’ Ret. Sys. v. Energy Transfer LP, No. 20-200 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 23, 2022)

  • Obtained post-trial judgment in favor of defendants in a class action lawsuit alleging that a midstream MLP’s general partner had breached its duties when agreeing to merge the MLP with an affiliated energy company.  Dieckman v. Regency GP LP, 2021 WL 537325 (Del. Ch. Feb. 15, 2021)

  • Obtained favorable settlement following discovery in securities fraud class action brought against a global technology company and its officers and directors alleging that the company misled investors about its sales forecasts. Rougier v. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., No. 4:17-CV-2399 (S.D. Tex. 2020)

  • (Del. Ch.) – Counsel for two hedge funds in an expedited nine-witness trial in Delaware Court of Chancery over a disputed multi-billion dollar stock authorization by a public company

  • (Del. Super. Ct.) – Defended beverage company against tortious interference claim relating to an acquisition, which was favorably settled shortly before trial

  • (S.D. Tex.) Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of technology company in federal securities class action lawsuit

  • (Del. Ch.) Defending energy company officers and directors in breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit related to merger

  • (Del. Ch.) – Successfully opposed stockholder’s application for temporary restraining order that sought to extend aircraft leasing company’s director nomination window

  • Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of the board of directors of a manufacturer of electrical and communications infrastructure into allegations raised by a whistleblower that company management was intentionally overstating its inventory

Credentials

  • Tulane University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2015 (Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review; Order of the Coif)
  • The University of Mississippi, B.A. in International Studies, B.A. in Economics, and B.A. in Spanish, magna cum laude, 2012 (Phi Beta Kappa)
  • Judicial clerk to The Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2016–2017
  • Judicial clerk to The Honorable John H. McBryde., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2015–2016
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable Sarah S. Vance, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2013
  • Judicial Intern to The Honorable Lance M. Africk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2013
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Commercial Litigation (Dallas), 2022–2025
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2023 and 2024
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • University of Mississippi Young Alumni Association, Board Member
  • Admitted in Texas
  • Contributing Author, Franchise Law, 4 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 183 (2018)