Background
Kerrigan, Sylvia J. was born in 1965 in Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil.
Kerrigan, Sylvia J. was born in 1965 in Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Political Economy & English cum laude, Southwestern University, 1986. Juris Doctor, University Texas, 1990.
Clerk to Justice Eugene Cook Texas Supreme Court, 1990. Attorney Clann, Bell & Murphy, Houston, 1990—1995, Marathon Oil Corporation, Houston, 1995—2003, assistant general counsel, litigation, human resources & environmental law, 2003—2009, vice president, general counsel, secretary, since 2009. Senior legal officer, & team leader United Nations Compensation Commission.
With private practice United Nations Security Council's Commission d'Indemnisation, Geneva.
Board directors National Association Minority & Woman-Owned Law Firms, Houston Bar Association, Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts, American Leadership Forum. Past chairman, internat law section State Bar of Texas. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation.
Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (life).
Married Matt Kerrigan.