Ms. Rank defends corporate and insurance clients from first and third party claims involving bodily injury, premises liability, automobile claims, property damage, product defect, arson, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and fraud. Ms. Rank also has experience defending Texas class action cases involving product losses, commercial claims and business torts. Ms. Rank is often retained by clients to provide training, including deposition training prior to examination of employees and supervisors. She has conducted hundreds of “mock” deposition and trial exercises to educate clients on effective deposition and trial testimony techniques.

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Insurance Coverage Litigation

• Bad Faith Litigation

• Commercial Litigation

• Tort Litigation

HONORS:

• Phi Delta Phi Academic Honor Society

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• All Texas Courts

• United States Supreme Court

• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuit

• United States District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

EMPLOYMENT:

• Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., January 2000 – present

• Bracewell & Patterson L.L.P., November 1993 – January 2000

• Brown, Sims, Wise, and White, P.C., January 1991 – November 1993

EDUCATION:

• South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1991

• Southwest Texas State University, B.S., 1987

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• State Bar of Texas

• Houston Bar Association

• Texas Association of Defense Counsel