REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Rachel’s recent representative experience includes:
- Successfully defending an injunction action seeking to block a $25 million stock sale of an international chemical company.
- Trying the first jury case of alleged international terrorism in the U.S., after the start of the second Iraq war, for an international oil and gas producer.
- Conducting risk assessments in connection with the acquisition of U.S. facilities by an international, foreign-owned chemical company.
- Trying the first shareholder oppression case tried to a jury in Texas.
- Defending a $400 million 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.
- Defending three national banks in lawsuits arising from varied claims including trade name infringement, fraud and breach of contract and transfer warranties.
- Representing Part 121 air carriers in national litigation over deep vein thrombosis (DVT), including appellate cases before the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
- Representing an international drilling contractor in arbitration arising from a dispute over contract performance.
- Defending a chemical manufacturer in a patent infringement lawsuit related to sodium per carbonate.
- Defending a landfill operator on the trial team in one of the few mass-toxic tort/environmental cases tried to a jury in southern Texas.
- Representing insuring syndicates in claims for $50 million in business interruption losses.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of transportation law (2008, 2009)
- Named 1 of 25 “Extraordinary Women in the Law” by Texas Lawyer (2008)
- Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers® (2008) and Texas Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2004–2007)
- One of 113 in the U.S. honored with BTI Consulting Group’s prestigious 2007 Client Service Award for delivering unsurpassed client service (2007)
- Named to the “Top 5 Women in Energy” by Energy Law360 (2007)
- Recognized as a “Top Lawyer” in the area of business litigation by H Magazine (2007)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, Board of Directors, Houston Area Women’s Center
- Member, Steering Committee, Women’s Initiative, United Way of Texas Gulf Coast
- Co-founder, Legal Advisory Board, Children at Risk
- Member, Advisory Board, World Oil Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy and Technology (since inception, 2005–present)
- Member, Steering Committee, Greater Houston Partnership Executive Women Partnership
- Member, Greater Houston Partnership
- Member, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society (2006–present)
- Past Member, Corporate Guild, Dress for Success Houston
- Former Director, Houston Downtown Alliance
- Past President, Women’s Energy Network of Houston