Background
Butler, Katherine L. was born on January 9, 1954 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
Butler, Katherine L. was born on January 9, 1954 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1981). Order of the Barons. Book Review Editor, Houston Law Review, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to Judge Reynaldo G. Garza, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981.
Worked at Butler & Harris. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Texas. United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas. Editor, Houston Law Review, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to Judge Reynaldo G. Garza, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981-1983.
Author: "The Need to Perfect an Independent Appeal to Raise Cross-Points," II The Appellate Advocate 3 (Winter 1989).
Author/Speaker: "Avoiding Summary Judgment in Employment Cases", Georgia National Employment Lawyers Association Fifth Annual Conference (1995). "Texas Supreme Court - Year in Review - What"s the Message?" Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section (1995). "Appealing Summary Judgments in Federal Court", The University of Texas Fifth Annual Conference on Techniques for Handling Civil Appeals in State and Federal Court (1995).
"Guide to Obtaining Mandamus Relief from Discovery Orders in Texas Appellate Courts", The University of Texas" Fourth Annual Conference on Techniques Foreign Handling Civil Appeals in State and Federal Court (1994).
"The Appellate Timetable", State Bar of Texas" Eighth Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1994). "What is Sexual Harassment?" First Annual Conference of Women Police Officers (1994).
"Preservation of Error in the Discovery Process", State Bar of Texas" Seventh Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1993). Member: Houston (Chair, Appellate Practice Section) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; National Employment Lawyers Association.
(Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Member: Houston (Chair, Appellate Practice Section) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; National Employment Lawyers Association. (Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).