Katherine Anand

Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC
3500 Maple Avenue, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas 75219
Direct Dial: 214.599.4013
kanand@taberestes.com
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Practice Areas

Commercial/Business Litigation
Electronic Discovery and Document Retention
Family Law
Arbitration/Mediation/ADR

Practice Emphasis

Katherine focuses her practice on commercial litigation and dispute resolution and is also developing a family law practice assisting with divorce and child custody issues. Katherine counsels clients at all stages of litigation, from pre-suit analysis and informal settlement negotiations to post-judgment collection and appellate matters. She practices before state and federal courts and arbitration panels and has experience with matters involving breach of contract, breach of warranty, negligence, fraud and misrepresentation, products liability, oil and gas disputes, and other business torts. Katherine also volunteers as a pro bono attorney on family law cases through the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and on immigration and asylum cases through the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc.

Education

J.D., University of Notre Dame Law School, cum laude (2005)

• Federal Courts, Practice & Procedure Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 2004-05; Editor, 2003-04
• Student Symposium Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2004
• National Association of Women Lawyers Award for scholarship, motivation, and contribution to advancement of women in society, 2005
• Kaneb Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2004

B.A., Politics, University of Dallas, magna cum laude (2002)

• Phi Beta Kappa

Prior Work Experience

• Associate, Thompson & Knight, LLP, Dallas (2005-09) Trial Section

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas
• Northern District of Texas
• Southern District of Texas
• Eastern District of Texas
• Western District of Texas
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Affiliations

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, American Bar Association
• Resolutions Committee and Awards/Subgrants Team, 2007-08
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Chair, Community Involvement Committee, 2009-10; Vice-Chair, 2008-09;
• Chair, LegalLine Committee, 2008-10; Vice-Chair, 2007-08
• Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Federalist Society

Community Activities

• Notre Dame Club of Dallas
• Friends Auxiliary of ChildCareGroup

Publications and Speeches

Some of Ms. Anand's publications and speeches include:

• Co-speaker, "Litigation Trends in the Banking and Financial Services Industries," Dallas Association of Financial Professionals (September 2008)
• Co-author, Discovery Readiness: Creating a Data Map, Thompson & Knight Client Alert (November 2007)
• Co-author, New Federal Rule Allows Citation of "Unpublished" Opinions, Thompson & Knight Appellate Bulletin (June 2007)
• Note, Demanding Due Process: The Constitutionality of the § 524 Channeling Injunction and Trust Mechanisms that Effectively Discharge Asbestos Claims in Chapter 11 Reorganization, 80 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1187 (2005)