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Judge Sarah Duncan is a key member of the Firm's Appellate practice having served two six-year terms on the San Antonio Court of Appeals. During that time she continued to serve with distinction on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee. Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law, Judge Duncan is widely known as an author and lecturer on sophisticated topics involving appellate law. Education J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1984 Member, Texas Law Review (1982-84) B.A., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977 Smith College 1973-1975 Bar Admissions Texas Admitted To Practice U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Publications & Presentations Author, Pursuing Quality: Writing a Helpful Brief, 30 St. Mary’s L. J. 1093 (1999) Author, No-Evidence Motions for Summary Judgment: Harmonizing Rule 166a(i) and Its Comment, 41 South Tex. L. Rev. 873 (2000) Contributing Author, Texas Appellate Practice Manual (State Bar of Texas 2d ed. 1993) (chapters on stay of execution and original proceedings) Participant, Appellate Standards of Review, State Bar of Texas (webcast on Apr. 3, 2007) (with Professors L. Wayne Scott and William V. Dorsaneo III, Mike A. Hatchell, Russell H. McMains) Participant, Texas Supreme Court Update, State Bar of Texas (2004-06) (with Professors L. Wayne Scott and William V. Dorsaneo III, Mike A. Hatchell, Russell H. McMains) Author/Speaker, Brief Writing: Giving Your Audience What It Needs, in State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (2003) (with Kevin Dubose and Elizabeth A. Crabb) Author/Speaker, Both Sides Now, in State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1997) Author/Speaker, Rules Changes, in State Bar Appellate Practice Institute for Lawyers and Legal Assistants (1995) Author/Speaker, The Charge ? A Rebuttal, in State Bar of Texas 10th Annual Litigation Update Institute (1994) Author/Speaker, Preparing the Jury Charge: Broad-Form Questions and the Proper Role of Instructions and Definitions, in SMU School of Law Advanced Civil Trial Short Course (1993) Author/Speaker, Briefing the Argument, in State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1992) Course Director, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1991) Author/Speaker, Charge Submission After Tort Reform, presented at Appellate Practice & Advocacy Section Meeting, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (June 21, 1991) Author/Speaker, Texas Summary Judgments, in SMU School of Law Advanced Civil Trial & Appellate Practice Seminar (1996) Author/Speaker, Proposed TRAP Amendments: Variations on a Theme, in University of Texas School of Law Sixth Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (1996) Author/Speaker, The Use of Expert Witnesses to Establish Legal Malpractice, in St. Mary’s Twelfth Annual Procedural Law Institute Litigation Malpractice (1990) Author/Speaker, Enforcement of Judgments and Supersedeas, in State Bar of Texas Advanced Appellate Practice Course (1990) Author/Speaker, Foreclosing on a Wraparound Note, in St. Mary’s Eleventh Annual Procedural Law Institute Foreclosure Litigation (1989) Press Release Judge Sarah Duncan Joins Locke Liddell & Sapp's Acclaimed Appellate Practice in Austin 4/10/2007 Professional History Of Counsel in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Justice, Fourth Court of Appeals, 1995-2006 Of Counsel, Denton McKamie & Navarro, 1994 Of Counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., 1991-1993 Solo Practitioner, 1990-1991 Participating Associate, Soules & Wallace, P.C., 1989-1990 Associate, Minton, Burton, Foster & Collins, P.C., 1988-1989 Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski, 1984-1988 Professional Affiliations Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee, 1993-present Chair, Subcommittee on Tex. R. Civ. P. 300-330 Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Tex. R. App. P. Member, Subcommittee on Rules of Judicial Administration Member, Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency and Co-Chair of the Task Force on Funding Parity Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Fellow, American and San Antonio Bar Foundations Member, Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration. |
