Vinson & Elkins LLP

Appellate

Partner

Marie Yeates is one of the country’s leading appellate lawyers. She serves as co-head of V&E’s Appellate practice.

Over the course of a nearly four-decade-long career at V&E, Marie has presented more than 130 appellate oral arguments in federal and state appellate courts across the country. She has argued dozens of cases in the Texas Supreme Court. A graduate of Louisiana State University School of Law where Marie was first in her class, and admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1980, she has significant experience arguing appeals in Louisiana courts.

Marie represents clients in the oil and gas industry, as well as other sectors, and is widely recognized for her intelligence, tenacity, perfectionism and detailed preparation. Marie credits her collaborative approach and her ability to simplify complicated concepts as the keys to her successful outcomes.