B.A., University of Texas, 1996. J.D., Southern Methodist University Law School, 1999, where she was a member of the Law Review. Jami is a Senior Attorney with NLRG affiliate, Texas Legal Research.
Prior to joining TLR, Jami practiced commercial litigation for two years with Banowsky, Betz & Levine, P.C., in Dallas, and spent four years with Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., also of Dallas, working primarily in products liability defense litigation. Since working with TLR, Jami has handled a broad spectrum of cases in both the federal and state court systems, including the following areas of law: family, criminal, probate, torts, property, insurance, malpractice, immunity, oil and gas, and contracts. She has extensive experience with most Texas procedural issues, both civil and criminal.
Significant projects include preparing numerous summary judgments involving issues of sovereign and qualified immunity, contract claims, all categories of torts, and premises liability. She has defended in several medical malpractice cases, prepared and filed both state and federal appellate briefs on topics including criminal law, ERISA plan denials, attorney’s fees, the just and right division of property in divorce cases, and Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims. She has also filed Texas Supreme Court petitions and briefs on Texas's recreational-use statute and juror misconduct.
When Jami is not busy raising her two young children, she enjoys spending time outside and participating in 5 & 10K runs as well as in adventure races. She traveled fairly extensively prior to having children and looks forward to doing so again.
See a sample of Jami's work.