Background
Yvette Ostolaza was born on Novenber, 21, 1964, in Miami, Florida, United States. She is a daughter of Oscar J. Ostolaza and Carmen Ostolaza (maiden name Astiazarain).
Yvette Ostolaza was born on Novenber, 21, 1964, in Miami, Florida, United States. She is a daughter of Oscar J. Ostolaza and Carmen Ostolaza (maiden name Astiazarain).
Yvette Ostolaza obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami in 1985. It was followed by a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1992.
Yvette Ostolaza was admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1992. She has had practice at the United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
She has occupied various marketing positions, including at Eastern Airlines, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Continental Airlines, Orlando (merged with UAL Corporation in 2010). She has served as an international sales manager Continental-Eastern Sales, Inc., Miami. Since 1992, Ostolaza has been an associate in commercial litigation, finance services, arbitration and employment law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Dallas.
From 1991 to 1992, Yvette Ostolaza was a staff member of the University of Miami Law Review and edited articles and comments in the University of Miami Business Law Review.
Yvette Ostolaza is a member of the Junior League of Dallas and Baylor Bear Foundation. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the American Inns of Court, Attorneys Serving the Community, the Society of Bar and Gavel, University of Miami School of Law, Golden Key Society, and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
skiing, foreign travel, theater
Yvette Ostolaza married Peter B. Dewar on November 10, 1991. The family produced three children, Aidan S., Alec P., and Elena I.