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Our Team Attorneys David Van Susteren Dave Louie Foreign Legal Counsel Santiago Forero Legal Staff Diane Bart Andre Alers

Areas of Practice
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Business Contracts

Business Litigation

Employment Law Litigation

Personal Injury

Family Law

Immigration Litigation

Federal Criminal Defense

	Diane Bart Certified Paralegal dbart@vansuslaw.com vcard email

Experience

Diane Bart is a Certified Paralegal, with 20 years of legal experience in plaintiff and defense litigation. Diane handles litigation-tasks requiring a high level of organizational skills and critical thinking with ease.  Diane is a native Houstonian and has been actively involved with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo for over 20 years.

Education and Training

• PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE, 1990
  
  
• TEXAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Houston, Texas
  4.0 GPA • President’s List • Class Rank: Valedictorian

Commissions and Certifications

• Notary Public, State of Texas
  
  
• Paralegal Certification, State of Texas

Professional Experience

FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. Houston, Texas, 2001-2009
Full-service international law firm serving the needs of businesses, governments, non-profit organizations and individual clients around the world

Emphasis in Products Liability Defense Litigation and International Arbitration

• Provided support to attorneys in products liability litigation and attorneys and co-head of International Arbitration partner with heavy case loads
  
  
• Prepared simple motions and deposition notices; ordered medical and billing records from discovery responses; scheduled depositions with multiple attorneys in attendance; opened and maintained files.
  
  
• Paralegal duties included preparation of key document notebooks and preparation of Submission on Costs
  
  
• Entered attorney time entries into system
  
  
• Responsible for editing and preparing bills for distribution to clients
  
  
• Coordinated travel arrangements for local and international travel
  
  
• Coordinated logistics and transfer of file for multi-million dollar arbitration in Paris

• Legal Assistant, Law  Office of Sam M. Yates, III, Houston, Texas
• Legal Assistant, Lanier Wilson Parker & Sullivan, Houston, Texas
• Legal Assistant, Whittington, Pfeiffer & Vacek, Houston, Texas
• Legal Assistant/Office Manager, Law Office of Jack Cherry, Houston, Texas
• Legal Assistant/Office Manager, Kenneth Lindsey, Jr.; Savell & Lynch, Houston, Texas

• Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
  
  
• Life Member since 1995
  
  
• Vice-Chairman, Parade Committee
  

• Diane has 3 daughters

“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves."

Lyndon B. Johnson,
36th President