REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Rachel’s recent representative experience includes:
- Defending a national commodities trading group in trade secret and breach of contract litigation.
- Defending an international chemical company against claims of trade secret, misappropriation and breach of contract.
- Successful defense against an injunction action seeking to block a stock sale of an international chemical company.
- Defending an international oil and gas producer in jury trials.
- Risk assessments in connection with the acquisition of U.S. facilities by an international, foreign-owned chemical company.
- Jury trial of a shareholder oppression case.
- Defending a $400M insurance and indemnity dispute arising from loss of production income from an offshore platform following Hurricane Katrina.
- Defending an international drilling company in environmental lawsuits regarding alleged offshore pollution.
- Defending an E&P and marketing company in arbitration over biodiesel delivery.
- Representing insuring syndicates in claims for $50+ million in business interruption losses.
- Defending national banks in lawsuits arising from varied claims including trade name infringement, fraud and breach of contract and transfer warranties.
- Representing an international air carrier in nationwide litigation, including appellate cases before the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
- Representing an international drilling contractor in contract arbitration.
- Defending a chemical manufacturer in an intellectual property lawsuit related to sodium per carbonate.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (2008-present)
- Named 1 of 25 “Extraordinary Women in the Law” by Texas Lawyer (2008)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of transportation law (2008, 2009)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of commercial litigation and transportation law (2007–2010)
- Selected for inclusion in Benchmark Litigation (2010)
- One of 113 in the U.S. honored with BTI Consulting Group’s 2007 Client Service Award for delivering unsurpassed client service (2007)
- Named to the “Top 5 Women in Energy” by Energy Law360 (2007)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Board of Directors, Houston Area Women’s Center (2007-present)
- Co-Chair, 2010 Annual Benefit for Houston Area Women’s Center
- Steering Committee, Women’s Initiative, United Way of Texas Gulf Coast (2007-present)
- Co-founder, Legal Advisory Board, Children at Risk (2006-2007)
- Advisory Board, World Oil Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy and Technology (since inception, 2005-2009)
- Member-at-Large, Executive Women’s Partnership Steering Committee, Greater Houston Partnership (2008-present)
- Economic Advisory Board, Greater Houston Partnership (2009, 2010)
- United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society (2006-present)
- Advisory Council and Past President, Women’s Energy Network of Houston
- Past Member, Corporate Guild, Dress for Success Houston
- Former Director, Houston Downtown Alliance