K. Virginia Burke DeBeer
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201
Virginia is an associate in the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation group. Her principal areas of practice are complex commercial litigation, shareholder litigation, and appellate litigation. Virginia has experience across a wide range of business disputes, including breach of contract claims, fraud claims, trade-secret misappropriation claims, and various statutory claims. Virginia also has significant drafting experience in both federal and state district courts and courts of appeals.
Experience Highlights
(Del. Super. Ct.) – Defended beverage company against tortious interference claim relating to an acquisition, which was settled shortly before trial
(S.D. Tex.) Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of technology company in federal securities class action lawsuit
(Del. Ch.) — Obtained dismissal of breach-of-duty claims challenging a Master Limited Partnership’s merger with an affiliate
(Del. Ch.) Defending energy company officers and directors in breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit related to merger
(E.D. Pa.) – Defending energy company and its executives in unitholder class action alleging violations of federal securities laws and derivative litigation
(Del. Ch.) – Successfully opposed stockholder’s application for temporary restraining order that sought to extend aircraft leasing company’s director nomination window
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 and 2023
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2023
- Dallas Bar Association
- University of Mississippi Young Alumni Association, Board Member
- Admitted in Texas
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 27, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Event RecapApril 8, 2022
- Deals & CasesNovember 3, 2021
- Deals & CasesFebruary 15, 2021
- Contributing Author, Franchise Law, 4 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 183 (2018)