Julia Matheny maintains a varied trial practice that focuses primarily on commercial, insurance coverage, personal injury, and property damage litigation in state and federal court.  Julia has also defended employers against claims of various types of employment discrimination, retaliation, and sexual harassment and against wage-and-hour claims brought as collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.   In addition, Julia has experience defending against claims for misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Julia is admitted to practice in all State trial and appellate courts in Texas and in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Julia graduated cum laude from Baylor Law School in 2004, where she served as an Executive Editor for the Baylor Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Barristers.  Julia was also a member of Baylor’s National Moot Court team and TYLA Moot Court team.  Julia graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2001, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in political science and was selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

Julia was named a Texas Rising Star in the area of business litigation by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics in 2009. 

She is a member of the Houston Bar Association and the Houston Young Lawyers Association. 

Julia practices primarily in the firm’s office in Beaumont.

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