Mary D. Newnam
Partner
Raised in Trinidad, Colorado, Dixie returned to this area after starting her legal career in Dallas, Texas. While in Dallas, Dixie practiced at Haynes and Boone, LLP, a large, full-service law firm, where her practice focused on business issues, commercial litigation, and media law. She has handled a variety of legal issues, including contracts, fraud, fiduciary duties, trademarks, real estate, various franchise issues, loans and security agreements, defamation, and other commercial torts.
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Law
- Contracts
- Business Organizations
- Construction Law
- Energy Law
- Estate Planning
- Trusts
- Wills
- Litigation & Appeals
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Real Estate Law
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Moot Court Champion
- Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- B.A. (Cum Laude)
- Major: Telecommunications
- Minor: Business Administration
Published Works
- When a Howdy Leads to Goodbye: Forum Selection Clauses in Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association Newsletter, April, 2005
- Litigating Perfection in an Imperfect World, IP Litigator, Jan/Feb, 2004
Representative Cases
Honors and Awards
- Twice named "Rising Star" by Texas Super Lawyer as published in Texas Monthly Magazine
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Colorado Bar Association, Board of Governors
- Southern Colorado Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- AYSO, Board of Directors
Past Employment Positions
- Haynes and Boone, LLP, Associate
