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Beverly is a seasoned litigator whose experience includes a wide range of complex commercial litigation. Before co-founding Reeves & Brightwell, Beverly was a partner at Vinson & Elkins where she represented numerous high tech companies in significant commercial disputes.  Beverly has been named a Texas Monthly "Super Lawyer" since the inception of the Texas award, and has received numerous additional prestigious awards including the Austin Business Journal's "Profiles in Power" award, the "Austin Under 40" award and the Travis County Outstanding Young Lawyer Award.  Beverly also served as President of the Travis County Bar Association and on the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, the Austin Bar Foundation and Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas.

Representative Matters

• Represented a major computer manufacturer in multiple matters including national class actions, contract disputes, deceptive trade practices act disputes and consumer disputes
• Represented a large microprocessor manufacturer in several cases involving damage to microprocessors
• Represented a multinational photomask manufacturer in commercial litigation disputes in Pennsylvania and Texas state courts
• Represented technology company in copyright infringement litigation involving software in Massachusetts federal court
• Prosecuted breach of contract actions for multiple national and international technology companies
• Involved in the defense of numerous products liability, deceptive trade practice and breach of warranty lawsuits against a large international oil company regarding product utilized throughout the United States
• Represented a prominent national insurance company on matters ranging from complex class action litigation involving deceptive trade practices act and misrepresentation allegations to injunction proceedings
• Assisted a Texas state university in a nationally known reverse discrimination lawsuit in federal court
• Serves as local counsel for a Texas state university in a significant patent infringement case
• Defended a multinational company against claims of sexual harassment
• Represented a large telecommunications company in federal litigation involving contract
• Assisted a major gas company in the defense of a pipeline contract dispute involving fraud, tortious interference, and antitrust claims
• Represented a Texas public official in defamation litigation

Educational and Professional Background
The University of Texas, B.A. in history magna cum laude, 1983 (special honors in history; Dean's Distinguished Graduate; Phi Beta Kappa; Friar Society)

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1988 (Order of the Barristers)

Admitted to practice:
Texas, 1988; Texas Supreme Court; Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals