Linda Addison (lawyer)

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Linda L. Addison

Linda Leuchter Addison (born November 25, 1951 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American lawyer, business executive and author. Addison is Managing Partner, U.S. of Norton Rose Fulbright,[1] and serves on its Global Executive Committee.[2] Crain's New York Business named Addison one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York 2013."[3] She is a Founder and Immediate Past President of the Center for Women in Law, and Co-Chaired the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession.[4]

Early life and education

Addison is the daughter of Marcus and Theresa Leuchter, Nazi concentration camp survivors who immigrated to the United States in 1946.[5] After graduating from Bellaire High School in 1969, she attended The University of Texas, graduating in 1973 with a B.A. cum laude in the Plan II Honors Program,[6] headed by Vartan Gregorian.[7]

At the University of Texas School of Law, she became the first woman Managing Editor of the Texas Law Review and received her J.D. in 1976.[8] Addison was named a 2013 Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas.[9] She was selected as the 2008 Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Texas School of Law, the first woman in active law practice to receive this award.[10] She serves as a Trustee of the University of Texas Law School Foundation[11] and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Chancellor's Council of the University of Texas System.[12]

Legal career and achievements

As lead counsel for GE Energy, Addison led a team that successfully defended one of the first Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases filed in America (Asadi v. GE Energy), she serves as lead counsel for GE Healthcare in the multi-jurisdictional litigation alleging overexposure to radiation from CT machines. Addison's other cases include the jury trial for Mars Incorporated involving infringement of one of its pet food patents, in which, as lead counsel, she obtained a judgment for monetary damages and a permanent injunction requiring consumer goods giants Heinz and Del Monte to remove six infringing product lines from the market (Mars, Incorporated v. H.J. Heinz Company). As lead counsel for the Northern Trust Company, the former directed trustee of the Enron 401(k) plan in the $1.7 billion Enron employee benefit plan class action cases, the largest ERISA class action in U.S. history,[13] she successfully negotiated a settlement within policy limits (Tittle v. Enron Corp).

Addison was lead counsel for Handy Dan Hardware in the trial of the case that challenged the constitutionality of Texas Blue Laws (Retail Merchants Association of Houston v. Handy Dan Hardware), leading to their repeal in 1985, and making it possible for Texans to shop on Sunday.

In 2001, she became the first woman named to Fulbright & Jaworski’s Executive Committee, which is now the U.S. Management Committee, and which she now chairs.

In 2009, the American Bar Association awarded Addison its Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way to success for other women.[14] Prior award recipients include U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Addison Co-Chaired the New York State Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession.[15] She is a Founder and Immediate Past President of the Center for Women in Law.[16] The Center launched in April 2009 with its inaugural Women's Power Summit on Law and Leadership where the Keynote speaker was The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor.[17]

Addison was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York” by Crain's New York Business.[18]

The National Law Journal named Addison to its list of the "50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America"[19] and as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America."[20] In 2001, The National Law Journal named her one of "America's Top 50 Women Litigators."[21] Texas Lawyer named Addison the number one "Go-To Lawyer" for commercial litigation in its Go-To Guide.[22] Lawdragon described her as "a dynamo who is one of the nation's most respected litigators, she poses an intimidating presence in all manners of complex civil litigation, from pet food to diamond mines" and as "equally skilled at keeping CEOs out of the courtroom as she is representing them once there."[23] Chambers USA reported that "clients heap praise on the fierce and fabulous Linda Addison, respected for her incredible strategic analysis, thoroughness and practicality."[24]

Addison is the author of Texas Practice Guide: Evidence (Thomson West 2013) and Federal Civil Procedure & Evidence During Trial: 5th Circuit, (Chapter 9 - Evidence: Burden of Proof, Admissibility and Objections West Group 1997).

Civic and charitable involvement

Addison is a mentor in the FORTUNE/U.S. Department of State Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership.[25] She is a Partner in the Partnership for New York City,[26] a member of The Committee of 200,[27] a member of the Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City,[28] the University Club of New York, and the Economic Club of New York.

Addison also serves on the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ("CPR"),[29] and the Board of Visitors of The University Cancer Center Foundation of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.[30] She was honored by Girls, Inc. in 2013 at its annual New York Luncheon Celebrating Women of Achievement[31] and by Legal Momentum with its Equal Opportunity Award in 2011.[32] In 2006, The United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast named her Woman of the Year.[33]

References

  1. ↑ Norton Rose Fulbright
  2. ↑ Linda Addison Biography
  3. ↑ Crain's New York Business, June 23, 2013
  4. ↑ New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession
  5. ↑ The American Bar Association Margaret Brent Award Honorees
  6. ↑ The University of Texas Plan II Honors Program
  7. ↑ The University of Texas Plan II Honors Program Directors Timeline
  8. ↑ The American Bar Association Margaret Brent Award Honorees
  9. ↑ The University of Texas 2013 Distinguished Alumni
  10. ↑ University of Texas School of Law Outstanding Alumnus Award
  11. ↑ University of Texas Law School Foundation Board of Trustees
  12. ↑ Chancellor's Council Executive Committee of the University of Texas System
  13. ↑ Flood, Mary. "Addison, Clements, Caldwell make top 50 list." Houston Chronicle, May 29, 2007
  14. ↑ Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award
  15. ↑ New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession
  16. ↑ Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law
  17. ↑ Center for Women in Law
  18. ↑ Crain's New York Business, June 23, 2013
  19. ↑ National Law Journal, May 28, 2007
  20. ↑ National Law Journal, June 19, 2006
  21. ↑ National Law Journal, December 17, 2001
  22. ↑ Go-To Guide, Texas Lawyer, 2007
  23. ↑ Lawdragon 500
  24. ↑ Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2007)
  25. ↑ U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  26. ↑ Partnership for New York City
  27. ↑ The Committee of 200
  28. ↑ Women and Foreign Policy Advisory Council of the Council on Foreign Relations
  29. ↑ CPR Board of Directors
  30. ↑ The University Cancer Foundation Board of Visitors, 2012-2013
  31. ↑ Girls, Inc. 2013 New York Luncheon Celebrating Women of Achievement
  32. ↑ Legal Momentum Equal Opportunity Award 2011
  33. ↑ United Way of Greater Houston

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