Nina Cortell Email & Phone Number

For four decades, Nina Cortell has represented corporations, public entities and individuals in cases that have put her at the forefront of Texas litigation practice. Chambers USA, Chambers and Partners (2016-2018) notes her “superlative reputation” and ranks her as the top appellate lawyer in Texas, with a “star” rating. Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, ranks her as one of the top 100 Texas lawyers (2018) and one of the top 10 lawyers in Texas (2010-2016). Nina also received the 2016 Greg Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation, the 2013 Jack Pope Professionalism Award from the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, the 2012 University of Texas School of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award for Community Service, and the 1999 Louise B. Raggio Award for significant contributions toward the advancement of women in the legal profession.Nina’s record includes recent significant victories in both state and federal appellate courts, as well as in trial courts. In the Texas Supreme Court, in the 2016-2017 term, she secured two wins for ExxonMobil in cases involving the Texas Anti-SLAPP statute and agency law. In the Fifth Circuit (also in 2017), she represented Trinity Industries in a landmark reversal of a $636 million False Claims Act judgment and Texas Capital Bank in defeating multimillion-dollar lender liability claims. In state courts of appeals, she secured significant wins for Matador Resources Company (in oil and gas disputes) and GTECH Corporation (in a lottery dispute). Her recent trial court victories include dismissals in shareholder derivative suits for AT&T.

Listed skills include Appellate, Litigation, Appellate Case Evaluation And Advice, Family Law, and 3 others.

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  Partner

  Haynes And Boone, Llp

  Sep 1976 - Present - Dallas/Fort Worth Area