New ALI president brings state court expertise, perspective WASHINGTON — Wallace B. Jefferson, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, was installed today as president of the American Law Institute at the close of the Institute’s 2026 annual meeting. Jefferson begins a three-year term leading the nation’s leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated… Read more »

AUSTIN, Texas – Stephanie Cagniart has joined the Texas appellate boutique firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) as a partner in its Austin office. Prior to joining ADJ, Ms. Cagniart was a partner in the Austin office of Baker Botts and a federal prosecutor. She has represented clients in a wide range of matters… Read more »

Jefferson will continue his appellate practice while leading the nation’s most respected independent organization dedicated to clarifying, modernizing, and improving the law AUSTIN, Texas — Alexander Dubose Jefferson LLP congratulates partner and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas Wallace B. Jefferson on his election as President of the American Law Institute (ALI), the… Read more »

HOUSTON – The Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) has added Attorney Barbara DePeña to its Houston office. Ms. DePeña joins ADJ from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where she clerked for Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez. She also previously clerked for former Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Supreme… Read more »

AUSTIN – Dallas attorney Adam Shniderman has joined the Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ). A former staff attorney for Justice Evan A. Young of the Supreme Court of Texas, Mr. Shniderman previously clerked for Justice Brett Busby of the Supreme Court of Texas and Judge Jay S. Bybee of the U.S…. Read more »

AUSTIN – Austin attorney Nick Bacarisse has been promoted to partner at the Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ).  “Nick has an innate ability to find the unique arguments that many others may miss and construct a persuasive argument that corroborates his legal point of view. Those are skills that cannot be… Read more »

AUSTIN – The Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) is pleased to announce the addition of Kayla Oliver to the firm’s Austin office. A former law clerk for Judges Diana Saldaña of the Southern District of Texas and Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Ms…. Read more »

AUSTIN – The Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP (ADJ) is pleased to announce the promotion of Austin’s Melanie Plowman to partner.    “As her clients and colleagues both attest, Melanie is an outstanding attorney, committed to successfully guiding clients through the trial and appellate process,” said ADJ managing partner Marcy Hogan Greer. “She… Read more »

AUSTIN – The Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP is pleased to welcome Hannah Roblyer to the firm’s Houston office.   With a background in complex commercial trial and appellate work, Ms. Roblyer will continue her state and federal appellate practice with particular attention to collaborating with trial teams pre- and post-verdict. She joins the… Read more »

AUSTIN – Texas appellate firm Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP is pleased to welcome Marisa Cruz Hurd to the firm’s Houston office.   Drawing on her eight-year tenure as a chambers staff attorney at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, Ms. Hurd has extensive experience with matters involving civil, criminal and family law appeals, with… Read more »