Deirdre Carey Brown

Tulane University School of Law, J.D.Michigan State University, B.A.Admitted to practice: Texas, Louisiana, United States District Courts for the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Turnaround Management Association, Houston Chapter – Board of DirectorsInternational Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation – Houston Chapter – Board of DirectorsCommercial Real Estate Women – Houston ChapterAmerican Bankruptcy InstituteTexas Women Lawyers – Past President

Bankruptcy for Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys, Houston Northwest Bar Association July 2020Live Q&A with Chief Judge Jones and Judge Isgur, Moderator, TMA Staying Connected Series, April 2020Mission Possible: Managing Social Media and ESI, Austin Bar Association – Bankruptcy Section, February 2020Navigating the Discovery Minefield, 38th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, November 2019Roadways to the Federal Bench – Outreach Presentation to STCL Women’s Law Society, August 2019FCPA — What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, TMA Houston Breakfast Meeting, March 2019“You’ve Come a Long Way” – A Conversation with Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Ruby Sondock (First Woman to Serve During Regular Session of the Texas Supreme Court), Texas Women Lawyers Annual CLE 2018Problems in the Code: Official Equity Committees in Chapter 11 Cases, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, November 2017Leadership by In-House Counsel: Boards, Budgets, and Business with Jennifer Rochon, General Counsel for the Girl Scouts, and Julia Simon, General Counsel for Mary Kay Inc, Moderated by Deirdre Carey Brown, Texas Women Lawyers Annual CLE, March 2017A Conversation with Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra Lehrmann, Texas Women Lawyers Annual CLE 2016Bankruptcy is Like a Heat Wave: General Tips to Prevent Getting Burned, Driven Inc. Speaker’s Series, July 2014Proper Responses to Discovery, Southern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, June 2014The Importance of Retaining Original Signed Documents, State Capital Group Bankruptcy Blog, January 2013Using Technology in Your Practice, Texas Women Lawyers Annual CLE 2013Better Bankruptcy Practice Using No or Low Cost Technology, 8th Annual Consumer Bankruptcy Practice CLE, University of Texas School of Law, August 2012Student Loan Relief: Is Change on the Horizon? State Capital Group Bankruptcy Blog, April 2012Nuts and Bolts of Collection Law, National Business Institute, Austin, Texas, March 2012Non-Bankruptcy Alternatives, State Capital Group Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 2020Law and Practice Skills: Preparing Witnesses for a 341 Meeting and Motion to Extend Stay, 7th Annual University of Texas School of Law Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, August 2011Chapter 7 Panel, 25th Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute, October 2009The Changing Landscape of Real Estate Issues in Bankruptcy, State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Strategies Course, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2009Intersection of Bankruptcy Law and Personal Injury Claims, 5th Annual UT Texas Law School Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, August 2009On the Home Front: Recent Caselaw on Texas Homesteads, 5th Annual UT Texas Law School Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, August 2009Moneywise (Financing Training Course presented to public high school assemblies), State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section, 2007

Deirdre Carey Brown, pllc is a partner in the Firm’s Houston office, and practices in the areas of bankruptcy, business reorganizations and workouts, creditor’s right