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Jenna P. Wright 
Dallas, Texas
Partner
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Jenna P. Wright is a partner with the firm and a resident of the firm's Dallas office. Jenna received her Bachelors degree from Baylor University and her Masters of Business Administration from Houston Baptist University. She received her law degree from Southern Methodist University, where she served as Assistant Texas Survey Editor of the SMU Law Review. Prior to practicing law, Jenna served as an audit professional for a major public accounting firm providing assurance services to clients in the financial services industry, including the asset management, banking, and capital markets sectors. Jenna clerked for the Honorable Nathan L. Hecht at the Texas Supreme Court, for the Honorable Frances Maloney of the Fifth District Court of Appeals and for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Jenna's reported cases include: Vetco Sales, Inc. v. Vinar, et al., No. 03-10527, 2004 WL 179379 (5th Cir. Jan. 28, 2004); Jenevein v. Friedman, 114 S.W.3d 743 (Tex. App.-Dallas 2003); In re Vincent, No. 02-03-00336-CV, 2003 WL 23015164 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth Dec. 23, 2003); Barnard v. Barnard, No. 02-03-00024-CV (Tex. App.-Fort Worth filed Jan. 29, 2003); and In re T.N. and M.N., No. 02-03-00350-CV (Tex. App.-Fort Worth filed Nov. 21, 2003). She currently serves as a contributing editor, under SMU Law School Professor John J. Mylan, for two tax treatises: Hood & Mylan, Federal Taxation of Close Corporations (West Publishing); and Hood, Mylan & O'Sullivan, Closely Held Businesses in Estate Planning (Aspen Publications). Publications also include Renee C. Lovelace, Texas Attorneys' Planning Guide for Representing Families with Disabled Family Members (authored and co-authored chapters on surrogate decision-making, third-party liability, guardianships and special education). Jenna is also a regular contributor to the Dallas Bar Association's Headnotes newsletter. Jenna is a parishioner of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Dallas, where she serves as a member of Our Lady's Alter Society and the Mothers' Association.

Areas of Practice:
Appellate Litigation
Bar Admissions:
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
Law Review: SMU Law Review, Texas Survey Editor


Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas
Master of Business Administration
Major:  Accounting


Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Bachelor of Business Administration
Major:  Economics


Published Works:
Hood & Mylan, Federal Taxation of Close Corporations, (Contributing Editor), West Publishing


Hood, Mylan & OA'Sullivan, Closely Held Businesses in Estate Planning, (Contributing Editor), Aspen Publications


Renee C. Lovelace, Texas Attorneys' Planning Guide for Representing Families with Disabled Family Members


Headnotes Newsletter (Regular Contributor), Dallas Bar Association


Representative Cases:
Vetco Sales, Inc. v. Vinar, et al, No. 03-10527, 2004 WL 179379 (5th Cir. 2004)
Dallas Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Calvary Hill Cemetery, et al., Cause No. 05-04-01323-CV (Tex. App. Dallas 2004)
Jenevein v. Friedman, 114 S.W.3d 743 (Tex. App. Dallas 2003)
In re Vincent, No. 02-03-00336-CV, 2003 WL 23015164 (Tex. App. Fort Worth 2003)
Barnard v. Barnard, No. 02-03-00024-CV, 2004 WL 726613 (Tex. App. Fort Worth 2004)
In re T.N. and M.N., No. 02-03-00350-CV (Tex. App. Fort Worth 2003)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Dallas Bar Association
Chair, Subcommittee on Preservation of Oral History


Dallas Bar Association
Co-Chair, Senior Lawyers Committee


Dallas Bar Association
Co-Vice-Chair, Publications Committee


Dallas Bar Association
Member, Admissions & Membership Committee


Dallas Bar Association
Member, Memorial & History Committee


Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Law, Business Litigation, Trial Skills, Estate Planning & Probate Sections
Member


State Bar of Texas, Appellate, Litigation Sections
Member


American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member


College of the State Bar of Texas
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Nathan L. Hecht, Texas Supreme Court, Clerk


Hon. Frances Maloney, Fifth District Court of Appeals, Clerk


Pro Bono Activities:
Member, Pro Bono College, State Bar of Texas
Volunteer, Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program

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