Nanneska N. Hazel, Of Counsel

Nanneska N. Hazel
Direct line:512-495-1400
nhazel@
georgeandbrothers.com

PRACTICE AREA

• General Business and Commercial Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Securities and Broker SLitigation
• Tort Litigation
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Appeals in state and federal courts

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented investors in two multi-million dollar class action suits against third parties who aided perpetrators of fraudulent international investment schemes
• Represented individuals and company in appeal to Texas Supreme Court on contract disputes
• Represented individual and trustee in appeal of breach of fiduciary claims and breach of contract claims
• Represented individuals in contract disputes
• Represented law firm and attorneys in malpractice suit
• Represented individual against law firm and individuals and company in fraudulent investment and negligent misrepresentation claims
• Represented high tech company in intellectual property lawsuit
• Represented businessman individual against builder over foundation problems
• Represented individuals against brokers, brokerage firms and clearing firms in churning/fraud case before the NASD

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

(Speeches, Seminars, Bar Activities, Organizations, etc;)

• “Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Professionals’ Duty to Third Parties for Negligent Misrepresentations,” 33 Texas Tech L. Rev. 1073-1099 (2002).
• Editing for The Advocate, a quarterly publication of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas-June 1998-2002.
• Contributing author on Purchase and Sale of Assets in Bankruptcy with J. Michael McBride, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
• "Damage Control: Objections Before, During, and After Depositions," co-authored with Judge Royal Furgeson for presentation at the Advanced Litigation Seminar of the State Bar of Texas PDP Program November 1993.
• "Playing It Dangerous: Jackson's Passionate Judicial Style," Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Spring 1991. Winner: best student article—1991.
• "Federal Funding for Abortions" in Controversial Issues in Social Work, published by Allyn & Bacon in February, 1993.
• Associate Editor: Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, Spring, 1990
• Member: Texas International Law Journal, 1989-1990
• Member, Texas Bar, 1991 to present
• Member, Travis County Bar, 1998 to present
• Member of Volunteer Legal Services, Austin, Texas 1998 to present
• Volunteer at Diocesan Law Project, Austin, Texas 1998 to present
• Guest lecturer for University of Texas School of Law advocacy classes, 1999
• Judge, Mock Trial Regional Finals, 1996; SMU Mock Trial Competitions, 1993-1998, University of Texas School of Law Moot Court competitions, 1998-2004
• Member, W.A. “Mac” Taylor, Jr. American Inns of Court, 1995-1998
• Advisory Board, Attorneys Serving the Community, 1994-1998
• Dallas Women Lawyers Association, 1991-1998
  • Moderator of Public Forum on Freedom of Speech sponsored by the Dallas Bar and Dallas Women Lawyers Association, July of 1992
• Volunteer Attorney, Dallas Legal Aid Society, 1991
• Advisory Council, Lawyers Against Domestic Violence, Dallas, Texas 1991
• Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, 1992-1998

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Member, choir member, and volunteer, St. David’s Episcopal Church
• Volunteer, Next to New Consignment Store supporting Austin, Texas charitable organizations

EDUCATION

• Texas Tech University, B.A. 1964 with high honors; M.A. 1965 with high honors
• University of Maryland, completed coursework for Doctorate in English, 1967-68
• University of Texas School of Law, J.D. 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Attorney, George & Donaldson, L.L.P., Austin, Texas 1999-2004
• Attorney, Clark, Thomas & Winters, P.C., Austin, Texas 1998
• Attorney, Conant, Whittenburg, French & Schachter, P.C., Dallas, Texas 1991-1998
• Instructor, Department of English, Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Texas 1992-1989
• Instructor, Austin Community College, 1983-1988
• Instructor, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin Texas, 1981-1982
• Editor, University of Texas School of Business Journal of Constructive Capitalism, 1977-1980
• Instructor, Endicott Junior College, Beverly, Massachusetts 1965-69

ADMISSIONS

• All Texas State Trial Courts
• U.S. District Courts: Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Western Divisions