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ATTORNEYS
The lawyers at our firm
typically start their careers
with a judicial clerkship and/or
several years at one of the
nation's largest and most
respected firms. We attract
attorneys who wish to continue
to have the highest quality
legal work, but prefer the
informality and atmosphere of a
small firm. We are
uncompromising in hiring only
the most exceptionally qualified
lawyers, in terms of both
academic background and hands-on
experience in litigation and
appeals.
HAMP SKELTON
Hamp Skelton, a native of
Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from
Princeton University cum laude
in 1978 and graduated from the
University of Texas School of
Law with honors in 1981. He
joined Vinson & Elkins in
Houston in 1981, practicing in
its commercial litigation
section. He moved to Austin in
1986, becoming partner in charge
of litigation at Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld's Austin
office. His present law firm
opened in September, 1991. He
and his wife, Karen, have three
middle and high school age sons.
Hamp is a member of the bars of
the states of Texas and Georgia.
His practice encompasses a wide
spectrum of business litigation
areas, with special expertise in
coverage and bad faith
litigation, insurance regulatory
litigation, lender liability,
employment law disputes,
business break up disputes,
consumer protection/deceptive
trade, securities fraud,
director and officer liability,
and intellectual property. He
has broad experience at the
pretrial, trial and appellate
levels, in both the state and
federal courts, as well as
before Texas administrative and
regulatory agencies. Hamp
frequently serves as an expert
witness on attorneys fees and
other subjects (see Expert
Services). He also serves as
local counsel for national firms
on major commercial and
intellectual property cases in
Austin and San Antonio. In 2010,
Hamp was honored by the Texas
Access to Justice Foundation
with its Cy Pres Impact award
for steering over $9 million in
cy pres funds to organizations
supporting disabled Texans. He
was also named a Super Lawyer by
Texas Monthly magazine in 2009
and 2010.
Hamp has been recognized by his peers for his skills and integrity with the highest rating of AV under the Martindale-Hubbell peer rating review and he was named a Super Lawyer in business litigation by Texas Monthly magazine in 2009 and 2010.
E-mail address:
hskelton@skeltonwoody.com
ROBERT J. WOODY
Robert Woody retired from the
practice of law to join the
ministry. He is the rector of
the Episcopal Church of
Reconciliation in San Antonio.
See -
http://www.churchofreconciliation.org
ALYSIA G. WIGHTMAN
Alysia Wightman is an Austin
native who graduated from the
University of Texas at Austin in
1985. She graduated with honors
from the University of Texas
School of Law in 1992, where she
was elected to the Order of the
Coif. She joined Vinson & Elkins
in Austin and practiced in the
litigation section. At her
former firm, Alysia represented
a variety of insurers in the
areas of insurance defense, bad
faith, premium fraud, contract,
and employment matters. Alysia
joined the firm in 1995, where
her practice focuses on bad
faith and coverage litigation,
commercial litigation, and
appeals. Alysia is licensed to
practice in the U.S. District
Court for the Western District
of Texas.
E-mail address:
agwightman@skeltonwoody.com
EVA
C. RAMOS
Eva Ramos is a Houston native
who received her undergraduate
degree in theater and
communications from the
University of South Florida in
1984. She graduated from South
Texas College of Law, magna cum
laude in 1989. In law school,
Eva served on the South Texas
Law Review, the order of the
Lytea, and was a member of Phi
Delta Phi. Upon graduation from
law school, Eva served as a
briefing attorney for the Texas
Supreme Court from 1988-1989.
From 1989 to 1995, Eva worked at
Vinson & Elkins in Austin in the
litigation section where she
practiced principally in the
areas of tort and business
litigation, with an emphasis in
cases involving products
liability, professional
malpractice, personal injury and
defense of extra contractual
claims against insurers. Eva
joined the firm in November
1995, where her practice focuses
on insurance coverage and bad
faith litigation, commercial
litigation, and intellectual
property litigation.
E-mail address:
eramos@skeltonwoody.com
STEPHANIE CLARK
Stephanie Clark joined the firm
in 2004, having spent her first
years of practice with Winstead
Sechrest & Minick in Houston.
Stephanie is a graduate of Texas
Tech University and a magna cum
laude graduate of St. Mary's
University School of Law in San
Antonio. In law school,
Stephanie served on the St.
Mary's Law Journal, and was a
member of the John M. Harlan
Honor Society, Phi Delta Phi,
and Order of the Barristers.
Prior to joining Skelton &
Woody, she practiced in a broad
range of business litigation
areas. She has particular
expertise in bankruptcy
litigation, real estate, joint
venture disputes and complex
commercial litigation including
workout matters for financial
institutions, debt collection,
contract claims, NASD
Arbitration claims for
securities fraud, fraud and
shareholder liability claims,
construction and insurance
disputes. In 2004, Stephanie was
named by her peers as a "Texas
Rising Star" in Texas Monthly,
July 2004.
E-mail address:
sclark@skeltonwoody.com
EDWARD F. KAYE
Edward F. Kaye is originally
from Brooklyn, New York. He
graduated from Trinity
University in San Antonio, Texas
with a Bachelor of Arts in
History, and from the University
of Texas School of Law in 1999.
Upon graduation from Law School,
he served as a briefing attorney
to Justice Paul W. Green of
Texas' Fourth District Court of
Appeals in San Antonio during
the Court's 1999-2000 term.
Prior to joining Skelton &
Woody, Mr. Kaye served as an
Assistant District Attorney in
Hays County, Texas. His current
practice involves insurance bad
faith litigation, general
commercial litigation and
appellate matters.
E-mail address:
ekaye@skeltonwoody.com
BRANDON GLEASON
Brandon Gleason is a native of
Englewood, Colorado. He earned a
Bachelor of Arts in History from
the University of Texas in 1999
and a Juris Doctorate from the
Pepperdine University School of
Law in 2002. During law school
Brandon served as the Managing
Editor of the Pepperdine Law
Review, was selected as a member
of the Order of Barristers, and
won several oral advocacy and
legal writing awards as a
two-year member of Pepperdine's
moot court program. Prior to
joining Skelton & Woody, Brandon
completed two federal judicial
clerkships and worked for more
than four years in the appellate
and commercial litigation
sections of a large Texas-based
law firm. His current practice
includes a wide range of civil
and commercial litigation
matters at the trial and
appellate court levels.
E-mail address:
bgleason@skeltonwoody.com
MEGAN MADDOX NEAL
Megan Maddox Neal is a native of
Holland, Michigan, who graduated
cum laude from the Hope College
in Michigan with a Bachelor of
Business Administration and
Spanish. She graduated from the
Loyola University New Orleans
School of Law in 2003. While in
New Orleans, she externed for
United States District Judge
Carl Barbier. Since joining the
firm, her practice has focused
on insurance litigation,
construction litigation and
appeals.
E-mail address:
mneal@skeltonwoody.com
Skelton & Woody Support
Staff
Legal Assistant
Kristina Bastian has been a legal assistant since 1990 and with
the firm since
1997.
Office Manager
Debbie Tucker is our office
manager and bookkeeper. She
joined Skelton & Woody in 1996
from Brown McCarroll.
She is always available to
answer any billing-related
question or to connect our
clients with the right person to
answer their question.
Legal Secretaries
Jill McClure, Pam Glass and
Laurie Brodeur are the firm
legal secretaries. Our clients
should feel free to call on any
of them for anything they need.
Claudia Carillo is our
receptionist and assists Debbie
Tucker with bookkeeping and
accounting matters.
Additional staff includes Blair
Renner.
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