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Maddy Dwertman
Maddy Dwertman
Maddy Dwertman
Senior Associate
maddy.dwertman@bakerbotts.com
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Practices
Appellate and Supreme Court
Litigation
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Overview Admissions & Affiliations Experience News Thought Leadership Awards and Community
Practices
Appellate and Supreme Court
Litigation

Overview

Maddy Dwertman represents clients in a broad range of complex litigation matters, including securities litigation and general commercial litigation. They have experience in a variety of state and federal trial courts.

Committed to being involved with the legal community, Maddy has held several leadership roles with local and national bar associations and community organizations. Maddy was recognized as a "Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40" by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association in 2020.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth and Sixth Circuits
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • National Trans Bar Association, Board of Directors
  • American Gateways, Board of Directors
  • Women's Refugee Commission, Board of Directors
  • LGBT Law Section of the Texas State Bar Association, Council Member (2019-2020)
  • Texas Pride Impact Funds Board of Directors (2019-2020)
  • Austin LGBT Bar Association, Vice Chair (2018-2019)
  • Austin Bar Association
  • LGBT Law Section of the Austin Bar Association
  • National LGBTQ+ Bar Association

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2014
    with honors
    Order of the Coif
    Executive Editor, Texas Journal of Women & the Law
  • B.A., Brown University 2005
    magna cum laude
    Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Representation of an SEC receiver in numerous litigation matters, including matters at the trial and appellate levels, arising out of a securities fraud
  • Representation of a multinational corporation in Texas appellate court in wrongful death suit
  • Representation of a national retailer in Texas appellate court in personal injury suit
  • Representation of a multinational corporation in Texas trial and appellate courts in personal injury suit
  • Representation of specialty pharmaceutical company in state and federal multidistrict litigation
  • Representation of leading transportation company in state multidistrict litigation
  • Representation of Texas property owner before Texas Supreme Court in declaratory judgment action involving the Texas Open Meetings Act
  • Representation of multiple clients in complex insurance coverage disputes

Pro Bono

  • Representation of an employee in Texas state court in lawsuit involving claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and tortious interference with contract
  • Representation of several LGBTQ asylum seekers from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala in federal immigration court
  • Representation of gay Palestinian asylum seeker before USCIS
  • Representation of Haitian asylum seeker with mental illness before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court
  • Representation of grandmother in child custody dispute in Texas state court
  • Representation of transgender persons challenging Tennessee's categorical exclusion that prohibits the correction of gender markers on Tennessee birth certificates in federal district court
  • Representation of several transgender and non-binary persons in connection with name and gender marker petitions in Texas state court
  • Representation of transgender persons challenging North Carolina's requirement that trans individuals furnish proof of sex reassignment surgery in order to obtain accurate birth certificates
  • Representation of nonprofit legal services organization in connection with commenting on several proposed immigration regulations
News
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Key Matter News Release Baker Botts Recoups $2.5 Billion for Stanford International Bank Ponzi Scheme Victims
15 August 2024 News Release Baker Botts Earns Huge Increases in Accolades in The Best Lawyers in America
01 July 2024 News Release Baker Botts Client, Stanford Receiver, Collects $1.3 Billion From Bank Litigation Settlements Since June 20, Bringing Total Receivership Recoveries to More Than $2.5 Billion Buildings
12 April 2024 News Coverage Drag Ban Opponents Defend Free Speech Stance To 5th Circ.
08 April 2024 News Release Baker Botts Helps Secure Appellate Win for Texas Families of Transgender Youth Pride In Action
21 March 2024 News Release Super Lawyers Selects 20 Baker Botts Attorneys to 2024 "Texas Rising Stars" List Gold Stars
06 December 2023 News Release Baker Botts Joins Rights Behind Bars in Representing Transgender Plaintiff Against Georgia Department of Corrections to Obtain Medical Care and Safe Living Conditions Transgender and Pride Flags
23 October 2023 News Coverage Block Texas Drag Ban During Appeal, Opponents Urge Judge
27 September 2023 News Coverage Texas Judge Strikes Down 'Unconstitutional' State Drag Ban
17 August 2023 News Release Baker Botts Earns 17% Increase in "Lawyers of the Year" and 18% Increase in "Ones to Watch" in The Best Lawyers in America Gold Stars
10 August 2023 News Release Baker Botts Joins the ACLU of Texas in Representing Plaintiffs Challenging State’s Ban on Drag Performances Pride In Action
20 October 2022 News Release The American Lawyer Recognizes Baker Botts’ Derek McDonald and Maddy Dwertman as 2022 “Trailblazers South” Gold Stars
Key Matter News Release Baker Botts Recoups $2.5 Billion for Stanford International Bank Ponzi Scheme Victims
15 August 2024 News Release Baker Botts Earns Huge Increases in Accolades in The Best Lawyers in America
01 July 2024 News Release Baker Botts Client, Stanford Receiver, Collects $1.3 Billion From Bank Litigation Settlements Since June 20, Bringing Total Receivership Recoveries to More Than $2.5 Billion Buildings

Awards and Community

Recipient of American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award, 2022

Recipient of State Bar of Texas LGBTQ Law Section Judge Black Award, 2022

Named a "South Trailblazer" by The American Lawyer, 2022

Recipient of American Gateways Pro Bono Award, 2021

Recognized by National LGBTQ+ Bar Association as a "Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40," 2020

Recipient of the Baker Botts Excellence in Diversity and Community Engagement Award, 2020

Recipient of the Baker Botts Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2017