Julia Fields Pendery
Sole Practitioner
Areas of Practice
- 75% Appeals - General Civil
- 25% Eminent Domain/Condemnation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1990-present)
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1978
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2007
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1978
- Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1975
- Major: English/Biology
Published Works
- Dealing with Default Judgments, 35 St. Mary's Law J. 1, Winter, 2003
Representative Cases
Representative Clients
- Appellants, Landowners, Insureds & Other Lawyers
Classes/Seminars
- Appellate Ethics, Appellate Practice Institute, 2009
- Covering Your Appeals, State Bar of Texas, 2009
- Handling Default Judgments, Dallas Bar Association, 2008, 2009
- Texas Supreme Court Update, North Dallas Bar Association, 2009
- The Eminent Domain Process, North Dallas Bar Association, 2007
- Texas Supreme Court Update, Plano Bar Association, 2009
- Handling the Monster Appeal, Appellate Judges Education Institute, 2006
- Post-Judgment Motions, Dallas Bar Association, 2006
Honors and Awards
- Named Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2003 - 2009
- Named to Best Appellate Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2005 - 2009
- Named to Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006
- AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Appellate Practice Section, Vice Chairman, 2007 - Present
- American Bar Association Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Appellate Practice Section, Chair of Annual Meeting Program 2006, 2009, 2010
- ABA Judicial Division Council of Appellate Lawyers, Founding Member 2001; Vice Chair 2006-2008
- Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Section, President, 2000
- North Dallas Bar Association, Speaker Chair, 2003 - 2007
Past Employment Positions
- Godwin Gruber, LLP, Partner (Chair of Appellate Section), 2002 - 2005
- Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Partner, 1993 - 2002