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Edwin Deyoung

 
Partner - Locke Liddell & Sapp
 
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Company Name : Locke Liddell & Sapp
 
Company Website : www.lockeliddell.com
 
Company Address : 100 Congress Ave.
Ste. 300, Austin, TX,
United States,
 
Edwin Deyoung Profile :
Partner - Locke Liddell & Sapp
 
Edwin Deyoung Biography :

Edwin DeYoung is Chairman of the Firm’s Commercial Litigation and Financial Services Practice Group sections. Recognized as a 'Texas Super Lawyer' by Texas Monthly Magazine, he has over 35 years of experience in state and federal court representing clients in the financial services section including banks, life insurance companies and securities dealers. Education J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1971 B.A., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 1968 Special honors in Economics Bar Admissions Texas, 1971 District of Columbia, 1972 Admitted To Practice U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Languages Spanish Representative Experience Represented Canadian life insurer in several class actions including cases filed by policyholders from the U.S., South America, Pacific Rim and Mexico. Devised strategy whereby Canadian government converted debentures to non-voting common stock which allowed client to assert Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act which facilitated removal of hundreds of cases to federal court and required that they proceed non-jury. Represented life insurer in five purported national class actions and was able to remove them all to federal court under various theories of federal pre-emption and then was able to convince the MDL Panel to consolidate and transfer all the cases to the client's home venue notwithstanding the fact that no case was spending in that venue. Press Release Locke Liddell & Sapp Elects Nine Partners to Firm Management Committee 12/22/2005 Locke Liddell & Sapp Wins Major Victory for Crown Life Insurance Company 7/2/2002 Professional History Partner in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Chair Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Financial Services Practice Group JAG officer with US Army in 1972 Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1971-72 Professional Affiliations Recognized as 'Texas Super Lawyer' by Texas Monthly Magazine Member, American Bar Association, Litigation, Anti-Trust Section and Life Insurance Sections Member, State Bar of Texas, Insurance Law Section Member, Dallas Bar Association, Judiciary Committee and Business Litigation Section Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation Member, American Law Institute/ABA Faculty on Life Insurance Litigation Member, Practicing Law Institute Faculty on Action Litigation Keeton Fellow, Co-Founder and Fellow of Charles Alan Wright Society, University of Texas School of Law Littlefield Society and Chancellor’s Council, UT-Austin Community Leadership Alex de Tocqueville member of United Way Board of Patrons, Manhattan Theater Club Presidential Endowed Scholarship Fund for Harding University.

 
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