Legal Eagle Honoree
Beth Maultsby
has assisted families in the Dallas area for more than 25 years as a
social worker, lawyer, and judge. Her impressive education began at
North Texas State University in 1976 where she received her B.A. in
Social Science, and she went on to graduate with honors from Texas
Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas (1981) where she earned her
M.P.A. After receiving her J.D. from St. Mary’s University
School of Law in San Antonio, Texas (1987) where she graduated with
distinguished honors and served as Note and Comment Editor for the law
review, Ms. Maultsby became a partner at Gardere & Wynne, LLP
where she worked for 10 years.
She has served
as an Associate Judge in the 301st Family District Court, and she went
on to be appointed by Governor Rick Perry as a District Judge in the
303rd Family District Court. She is currently a partner at Goranson,
Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy, LLP. Ms.
Maultsby has authored numerous articles on family law for conferences,
publications, and law courses. She is member of the Dallas Bar
Association, Texas Family Law Foundation, Dallas Bar Fellow, and Texas
Bar. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Faith &
Liberty’s Place. She previously served on the Board of
Directors for the St. Mary’s Law School Alumni and on the
Dallas Family Law Board of Directors.
Beth’s
commitment to children and families has been recognized through her
multiple honors including her nomination as one of the “Best
Lawyers in America” by Family Law in 2007 and 2008,
“Best Lawyers in America” by Family Law Mediation
in 2008, and being named among the “Best Lawyers in
Dallas” by “D” Magazine in 2007, and most
recently as a Texas “Super Lawyer” 2008.
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Political Science Alum Honoree
Troy Phillips
received his B.A. from North Texas State University (1969) where he
majored in government and minored in speech and history. He received
his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (1974) where he was a
member of the school’s state champion moot court team.
Mr. Phillips is
a trial lawyer and Managing Partner of Glast, Phillips &
Murray, PC. He practices business litigation at the state and federal
levels, and he is admitted to practice for the Northern and Eastern
Federal Districts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United
States Supreme Court. He specializes in bankruptcy related issued and
is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for business
bankruptcy law and by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification.
His clients are comprised of both creditors and debtors, and he works
closely with clients to circumvent bankruptcy by refinancing, loan
workouts, and additional pre-bankruptcy methods.
Mr. Phillips
also has substantial corporate practice with reorganizations and
leveraged buy-outs. As an expert on bankruptcy law, he has authored
numerous articles and has served as speaker for seminars on a range of
topics. Mr. Phillips was named a “Texas Super
Lawyer” in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
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Political
Science
Alum Honoree
Alton C. Todd has
spent more
than three
decades pursuing diverse cases as a trial attorney after graduating
from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1971. Chosen as one
of the Top Ten Texas Super Lawyers, an honor based on both balloting by
attorneys and input from Texas Monthly magazine,he is among less than
two percent of Texas attorneys who are Board Certified in Personal
Injury and Civil Trial Law. Mr. Todd is a member and Diplomate of the
American Board of Trial Advocates and is admitted to practice before
the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals,
the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of
Texas, as well as the Western District of Arkansas. A member of the
Million Dollar Advocates forum, in 2007, Mr. Todd was inducted as a
Fellow into the American College of Trial Attorneys whose membership is
by invitation only to lawyers with a minimum of 15 years
experience--less than one percent of the lawyers in Texas and the
United States have been invited to join.
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SONIA
M.
RODRIGUEZ
is a full equity partner
in Branton & Hall, P.C., in San Antonio, Texas where she works
on various types of civil actions cases. She is licensed for the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sonia received her B.A. in political science from UNT (1995) and went
on to St. Mary's University Law School for her law degree (1999). She
currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the San Antonio Young
Women’s Leadership Academy, Committee on Pattern Jury Charges
of the State Bar of Texas (Malpractice, Premises, Products) and the
Board of Directors of the Law Alumni Association of St.
Mary’s University School of Law. Sonia is the Director of the
Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange and also President of the
San Antonio Trial Lawyers’ Association. This year Sonia was
inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame in the
category of law.
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SEAGAL
WHEATLEY graduated
with his B.A. in 1957 from the North
Texas State University and received his J.D. in 1960 from the
University of Texas School of Law. He has been serving clients in Texas
and the United States for almost forty years. His specialty is both
public and private corporate litigation, after having previously served
as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He is
past-President for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with
over 5000 members involved during his tenure, and he now serves on that
Board of Governors. Mr. Wheatley has published in the ABA Law Journal
and the St. Mary’s Law Journal, and his memberships include
the San Antonio Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Federal
Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the
International Society of Barristers, and he is a Fellow of the Texas
Bar Foundation. In 2007, he was named a San Antonio “Best
Lawyer” by Scene in SA Monthly for Business Litigation and a
“Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine.
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