Cara Pierce Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Texas, United States

I am thrilled to return to SMU law school to lead a new online Masters of Legal Studies program and to teach the next generation of business, sports and public service professionals. SMU’s part time, online MLS program will serve professionals whose work involves the law, but who are not lawyers, including HR professionals, compliance officers, real estate agents, and business managers that work in highly regulated industries. The program will offer a sports law concentration for those wanting to work as sports agents or in sports related business, and a criminal justice concentration for law enforcement and criminal justice professions seeking career advancement or wanting to teach. I am excited to have the opportunity to direct and teach in this program, that is expected to launch in the Fall of 2025.As an Assistant Clinical Professor, I will also have the opportunity to teach law students on campus. In my first course, Advanced Criminal Law: Human Trafficking and Hate Crimes, I will share knowledge I gained during my twelve years as a federal prosecutor and two years as Division Chief over the Texas Attorney General’s Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime Division.

Virginia, United States

I am serving as the Civil Procedure course instructor for William and Mary Law School’s LLM program. My students are international lawyers seeking to practice in the U.S.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

I am working on labor and employment, litigation and contract matters.

I led a team of 17 prosecutors, civil attorneys, program specialists, analysts and legal assistants on human trafficking cases, outreach programs and trainings. I chaired the 150 member Human Trafficking Prevention Taskforce and the Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council, both of which were tasked by the Texas Legislature with developing new policies to aid in anti-human trafficking efforts. I also led human trafficking training efforts, leading more than 40 trainings throughout Texas.

Ndtx - Dallas

I prosecuted cases involving human trafficking, organized crime, violent crime, civil rights, fraud, firearms violations, and criminal appeals. I prosecuted more than 500 cases, including more than 80 human trafficking cases.

Dallas, Texas, United States

I worked on primarily federal civil matters including securities fraud, constitutional law, complex business litigation, trademark and copyright litigation and employment litigation.

Law, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business And Political Science, With Honors