Marnie McCormick Partner
Direct: 512.495.8813
Email: mmccormick@dwmrlaw.com
Ms. McCormick’s practice encompasses a wide range of subjects with a heavy emphasis on representation of gas and electric utilities in district and appellate court. She is well-versed in how to challenge and defend agency rulings in the courts. Before joining the firm, Ms. McCormick served as a Briefing Attorney to Chief Justices Jimmy Carroll and Lee Yeakel of the Third District Texas Court of Appeals and then practiced for twelve years with a prominent Austin-based firm. Her experience enables her to offer innovative solutions to the complex litigation challenges that arise in the evolving utility regulatory and business arenas. Throughout the years, she has also handled multiple appeals arising out of product liability cases, business transactions, and family law cases.
NOTEWORTHY
- Listed in Best Lawyers® 2021 (Woodward/White, Inc., August 2020), in the fields of Administrative/Regulatory Law, 2018-2021
- Listed in Best Lawyers® 2021 (Woodward/White, Inc., August 2020), in the field of Appellate Practice, 2020 – 2021
- Selected as a “Super Lawyer, Appellate” in Texas Super Lawyers magazine, Texas ed., by 2020 Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, 2020-21
- Listed in the Annual List of Top Women Attorneys, Appellate, published by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers in the January 2021 issue of Texas Monthly
- Selected as a Texas Rising Star, by Texas Super Lawyers-Rising Stars Edition,Thomson Reuters, 2004-2005
- Briefing Attorney, Chief Justices Carroll and Yeakel, Third District Texas Court of Appeals, 1996-1998
- Coach, The University of Texas School of Law Moot Court Team for Pace Environmental Law Competition, 2002
EDUCATION
- The University of Texas School of Law (J.D.) 1995
- The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Plan II, with honors) 1991
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
- State Bar of Texas, 1995
- U.S. Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2016
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2016
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2021
PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL AFFILIATIONS
- State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Administrative and Public Law Section, Council Member 2003-2005
- Austin Bar Association, Civil Appellate Section, Chair 2005-2006