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Biography
Paula Perkins is senior counsel in the firm's Appellate Section. Before joining the firm, Ms. Perkins spent thirteen-plus years on the legal staff of the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth. During that time, she served in various capacities, including as briefing attorney for Justice Sam Day, staff attorney for Chief Justice John Cayce, and chief staff attorney for the court. Ms. Perkins assisted the court with numerous complex civil appeals, original proceedings, and matters involving the court's internal policies and procedures. As a result of her extensive experience working with appellate judges, Ms. Perkins is uniquely equipped to assist clients in all aspects of appellate practice.
Ms. Perkins has also served as Chair and Vice Chair of the Appellate Section of the Tarrant County Bar Association, and she chaired the bar association's annual food drive for several years. She is an author and speaker on appellate issues.
In addition to her professional practice, Ms. Perkins is active in her church as a member, a greeter, a lay Eucharist visitor, and a meal ministry volunteer. She and her husband John, a history professor at Tarrant County College, enjoy travel, entertaining friends in their home, and spending time with their large, extended families.
Education & Honors
Multnomah Bible College, B.S. cum laude, 1987
Class Day Speaker
Delta Epsilon Key Honor Society
Recognized in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Southern Methodist University, J.D. cum laude, 1992
Notes & Comments Editor, Southwestern Law Journal (currently SMU Law Review)
Research Assistant for Professor Roy R. Anderson
Civil Prodecure Tutor
Hatton W. Sumners partial tuition scholarship
Andrews & Kurth award for law review comment
Briefing Attorney for Justice Sam Day, Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992-1994
Admission & Affiliations
Texas, 1992
Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court
State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association
Publications & Speeches
Speaker, When Your Client is in a Bind: Original Proceedings & Interlocutory Appeals, Tarrant County Bar Association Brown Bag CLE (2007)
Speaker/Author, The Appellate Roadshow, Tarrant County Bar Association (2004, 2005)
Speaker/Author, The Discovery Mandamus-To File or Not to File? Things to Consider Before Firing Up the Word Processor, Tarrant County Bar Association Brown Bag CLE (2004)
Program Coordinator/Contributing Author, Practicing Before the Second Court of Appeals, Tarrant County Bar Association (2001)
Program Coordinator, Appellate Law Issues, Tarrant County Bar Association (2000)
Planning Committee, How to Persuade: Effective Appellate Practice (1997)
Speaker/Author, The FMLA/ADA Quagmire, Kelly Hart & Hallman Labor & Employment Law Conference (1995)
Comment, Abandonment in the Face of Possible Toxic Contamination: What's a Lender to do?, 44 SW. L.J. 1563 (1991)
The Function of Law in Spanish Texas: 1750-1763, EL CAMPANARIO, November 1991, at 7 | 