Background
Demarest, Sylvia M. was born on August 16, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Edmand and Emily Demarest.
Demarest, Sylvia M. was born on August 16, 1944 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of Edmand and Emily Demarest.
University of Southwestern Louisiana. University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1969). (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Worked at Demarest, Smith, Preslar, Jones & Giunta. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Texas. 1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.
1973, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Member: The Order of Barristers. Moot Court Board; National Moot Court Team.
Finalist, Hildebrand Competition. Executive Director, Dallas Legal Services Foundation, 1973-1976.
Member, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program, 1969-1972.
Member, Board of Directors and Associate Windle Turley, Professional Corporation, 1978-1983. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Spring Semester 1984. Member of Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1983 and 1987.
Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1982. President, 1983); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member, 1985-1990).
Company-Chairman, Membership Committee, 1984-1985. Company-Chairman, Victims Rights, 1986-1988).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
(Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Member: The Order of Barristers. Moot Court Board; National Moot Court Team. Finalist, Hildebrand Competition.
Executive Director, Dallas Legal Services Foundation, 1973-1976.
Member, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program, 1969-1972. Member, Board of Directors and Associate Windle Turley, Professional Corporation, 1978-1983.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Spring Semester 1984. Member of Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1983 and 1987.
Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas. Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1982. President, 1983); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board Member, 1985-1990).
Company-Chairman, Membership Committee, 1984-1985.
Company-Chairman, Victims Rights, 1986-1988). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Married James A. Johnston, Junior, October 31, 1975 (divorced December 1979).