Speaking Engagements

• “Things I Wish I Had Told A Younger Me,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel (September 18, 2025)
• Speaker, Austin Chamber of Commerce State of the City Address (October 15, 2024)
• Panelist, “Entitlement Essentials: Navigating the Land Use Process for Smooth Development,” Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP) (September 23, 2024)
• Speaker, “Negotiating For Success,” Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) REAL YP Program (March 9, 2023)
• “Legislative Update,” Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) (July 28, 2021)
• Presenter, “Basics of Real Estate Development,” Travis County Women Lawyers Association’s annual Joint Mentoring and Member CLE Lunch and Scholarship Presentation (March 3, 2021)
• Moderator, “Getting Back to the Office” panel discussion, Opportunity Austin Economic Development Council (October 8, 2020)
• “Re-opening your office space: What you need to know,” Austin Chamber of Commerce Business Workshop (May 15, 2020)
• “It’s coming! How the new Austin Code will impact your deals,” Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) (March 25, 2020)
• “Land Development Code Update,” Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) (January 29, 2020)
• “City of Austin Development Code Changes,” Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) (November 14, 2019)
• “Understanding the Impact of ‘Shot Clock’ Legislation,” Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) (October 9, 2019)
• Moderator, “Key Updates from Across the Region,” 2019 Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) Exchange, Austin, TX (September 12, 2019)
• “What You Need to Know About the 2019 Legislative Session,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel (August 20, 2019)
• “A Review of the 86th Legislative Session,” El Paso & West Texas Association of Defense Counsel (June 13, 2019)
• Presenter, “RECA Annual Awards & Membership Meeting Luncheon,” 2018 Real Estate Council of Austin, Austin, TX (December 11, 2018)
• “Local Elections and Political Update,” Speaker, Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) (November 8, 2018)
• Interviewer, “Mayoral Town Hall,” 2018 Real Estate Council of Austin, Austin, TX (March 27, 2018)
• “How do we fix this plat?” Presenter, Austin Bar Association (October 20, 2017)
• “Site & Subdivision Plan Process,” Presenter, Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) and Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) (December 6, 2016)
• “Real Estate Market Conditions,” Property Information Exchange & Presentation, CTCAR (October 13, 2016)
• “Land Development – A Broker’s Checklist,” CTCAR (February 11, 2016)
• “Who ISN’T a City Lobbyist?” Property Information Exchange & Presentation, CTCAR (October 8, 2015)
• “Austin’s Affordability Crisis: Where We Go From Here,” Rotary Club of Northwest Austin (April 17, 2015)
• “Commercial Real Estate 101” Presenter, Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA) (February 24, 2015)
• “Products Liability Update,” Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference (2005)
• “Products Liability Caselaw Update,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel’s Winter Seminar (2005)
• “Cultivating and Protecting a Valuable Resource – Associate Attorneys,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel’s Law Office Management Seminar (2005)
• “The Vanishing Jury,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel’s Fall Meeting (2005)

• “Travis County first responders will soon have access to new bulletproof vests” Fox 7 Austin (September 2025)
• “Building a Safer Austin: Inside the Central Texas Public Safety Commission” Austin Police Association (August 2025)
• “Mac Haik Enterprises behind plans for big Georgetown industrial park,” Austin Business Journal (August 2025)
• “Back The Brave Campaign with Covert Buick GMC of Austin” (July 2025)
• “Industrial park could bring two 500,000-square-foot buildings to Georgetown,” Austin Business Journal (July 2025)
• “Travis County prosecutors missed indictment deadlines, murder suspects released,” Austin American Statesman (February 2025)
• “Secrets to success: Female leaders say relationships, confidence and work ethic open doors,” Austin Business Journal (May 2023)
• “The workplace of the immediate tomorrow’: Reopening Austin offices plan for one-way foot traffic, sanitizing stations, distanced desks,” Austonia (May 2020)
• “Austin Top News,” KLBJ News Brief (May 2020)
• “Austin Chamber of Commerce offers tips for businesses looking to reopen office spaces,” CBS Austin (May 2020)
• “How big can Austin get? City Hall bears down on housing capacity conundrum as prices, traffic get worse,” Austin Business Journal (February 2020)
• “Real Estate Council warns of potential land use code pitfalls,” Austin Monitor (January 2020)
• “372-unit apartment project planned in San Marcos,” Austin Business Journal (September 2019)
• “I.Q. Hurdle House makes slow but steady progress,” Austin Monitor (July 2019)
• “Austin homeowners frustrated with developer pushing up against their backyards,” KVUE ABC (April 2019)
• “Eureka Holdings seeks rehabilitation approval for I.Q. Hurdle House,” Austin Monitor (April 2019)
• “The vision behind 12,000-home community: 3 questions with developer of planned Austin Green development,” Austin Business Journal (December 2018)
• “Old UT Co-op may become medical offices,” Austin Monitor (December 2018)
• “High-powered Austin lawyer to lead Chamber board in 2019,” Austin Business Journal (December 2018)
• “RECA, Austin Chamber urge voters to OK some ballot proposals, shoot down others,” Austin Business Journal (October 2018)
• “KVUE’s Bryan Mays and Yvonne Nava host Austin mayoral candidate forum,” KVUE ABC (October 2018)
• “2,100-acre community could bring Mueller-like neighborhood to Southeast Austin,” Austin Business Journal (October 2018)
• “RECA: Current CodeNext draft extremely lacking, would make Austin ‘less affordable, less sustainable, more sprawling’,” Austin Business Journal (May 2018)
• “CodeNext Testimony from RECA Board Chair Pam Madere,” Real Estate Council of Austin (May 2018)
• “3 takeaways from Mayor Steve Adler’s appearance at the Real Estate Council of Austin Luncheon,” Community Impact Newspaper (March 2018)
• “What do Lobbyists and CRE Have in Common,” REDNews (January 2016)
• “Celebrating Civility – How a new oath is uniting lawyers across the state,” Texas Bar Journal (December 2015)
• “Former wife of ‘Bullet Bob’ Hayes faces foreclosure,” WFAA.com (May 2015)
• “Stats Shed Light on Top E-Filing Companies,” Texas Lawyer (October 2014)
• “Land Entitlement in Austin,” REDNews (April 2014)
• “Plan for Old Concordia Site to Change,” Austin Business Journal (August 2012)
• “Buildings to Flank Broken Spoke,” Austin Business Journal (April 2012)
• “Check ‘n Go Sues to try to get Permit,” San Antonio Express News (October 2011)
• “Journal Profile, Pamela Madere,” Austin Business Journal (December 2010)

• RECA Gary S. Farmer Commendation of Excellence Award, 2023
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Ranked for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use – Texas, 2024-2025
• The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2020-2026
  • Lawyer of the Year – Austin, Land Use and Zoning Law, 2023, 2026
  • Land Use and Zoning Law, 2021-2026
  • Real Estate Law, 2020-2026
• “Austin’s Top Attorneys” List, Austin Monthly, 2021, 2025
• Corporate and Transactional Attorney Award, Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association, 2022

• Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
  • Vice Chair, 2024, 2025
  • General Counsel, 2019, 2024, 2025
  • Director, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Executive Committee, 2019
• Central Texas Public Safety Commission (formerly Greater Austin Crime Commission)
  • President, 2024, 2025
  • Chair, 2024
  • Vice Chair, 2021-2023
• Real Estate Council of Austin
  • Secretary/Counsel, 2024, 2025
  • Board of Directors
  • Past Chair
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Past President
• Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors, Past President
• Austin Business Journal’s 2018 Commercial Real Estate Awards, Judging Committee
• Texas State University Political Science Department, Legal Studies Program, Advisory Board, 1998-Present
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Civil Trial Course Planning Committee, 2010
• Texas Access to Justice Commission, Supreme Court Task Force to Expand Legal Services Delivery Committee
• Appointed to serve on the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, General Negligence and Motor Vehicles, 1999-2001
• Helping Hand Home for Children, Volunteer, 2002-Present
• Superhero Kids Fund, benefiting the Children’s Blood and Cancer Center of Central Texas at Dell’s Medical Center of Central Texas, Volunteer, 2010-2015
• Make A Wish Foundation of Central & South Texas, Board of Directors, 2002-2007
• Leadership Austin, Best Class Ever, 2003

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Jackson Walker is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has selected 79 attorneys and 28 departments for inclusion in the 2025 edition of the Global and USA guides. Attorneys were ranked across 29 departments, with 4 attorneys listed among multiple areas, 9 ranked nationwide in their respective areas, and 12 recognized for the first time.

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