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Ms Stephanie Cagniart

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Of Counsel

Career

Stephanie Cagniart represents clients in a broad range of complex litigation matters, including securities litigation, oil and gas matters, contract disputes, and general commercial litigation. She has successfully argued on behalf of her clients before multiple courts of appeals, including the Texas Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and has briefed cases in numerous federal and state appellate courts and to the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Cagniart is a Lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, teaching persuasion in verbal communication. Ms. Cagniart served as a law clerk to the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and as an intern for the Honorable Sam Sparks of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits;
United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; Texas Supreme Court Historical Society;
Austin Bar Association, Foundation Fellow and Board Member of the Civil Litigation section; Austin Young Lawyers Association;
Austin Symphony Orchestra, Board of Directors; State Bar of Texas, Pro Bono College

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law 2011
Order of the Coif
Editor, Virginia Law Review
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

M.A., History, University of Virginia 2011

B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
with honors