Deborah Rank
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.
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
Professional Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Honors & Awards
Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® list in the field of Insurance Law in 2010-2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC)
Phi Delta Phi Academic Honor Society
Order of the Lytae

Admissions
- 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
Education
South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1991
Southwest Texas State University, B.S., 1987