Stephanie Barnes

Stephanie Barnes practices complex civil litigation and assists clients draft and negotiate business contracts. She is admitted to practice before all courts in Texas, including the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Mrs. Barnes has had extensive experience litigating intellectual property matters as well as complex business disputes. Mrs. Barnes was born, raised, and currently resides in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas and particularly enjoys serving clients in Collin, Grayson, and Denton Counties.

Mrs. Barnes has served as President of the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association and the Collin County Women Lawyers Association. She has been recognized as a Texas “Rising Star” and a “Super Lawyer” and is AV Preeminent Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mrs. Barnes and her family live in Frisco, Texas.

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, 2004
• Tennessee, 2006
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Education and Clerkship:

• J.D. – Texas Wesleyan University School of Law – Fort Worth, Texas; served as a Law Review Staff Member
• Bachelor of Arts – summa cum laude – Austin College – Sherman, Texas
• Served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier in the Eastern District of Tennessee

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• Collin County Women Lawyers Association
• Eastern District of Texas Bar Association
• The Judge Paul Brown American Inn of Court