Biography
Valery Piedra is an attorney in the corporate section of Jackson Walker’s Houston office. Valery assists clients in various business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, private offerings, startup counseling and serving as outside general counsel for companies. Valery also assists in various entertainment related transactions in the fashion, event, music and television/film industries. She was a Summer Associate with Jackson Walker in 2017 and 2018.
While in law school, Valery was active in South Texas College of Law Houston’s advocacy program, participated in the Trademark Clinic, and served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Alfred H. Bennett of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Valery currently serves as an advocacy coach for South Texas College of Law Houston’s Moot Court program, where she prepares advocates to compete throughout the country.
Additional Languages
Spanish
Education
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
J.D., magna cum laude, South Texas College of Law
- Presidential Fellow
- Order of the Lytae
- Order of the Barristers
- Dean’s Outstanding Advocate Award
- Langdell Scholar (Torts I, Torts II)
- Trademark Clinic
- Mock Trial
- Moot Court
Certified Mediator
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2019
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Agency & Partnership, Evidence, Criminal Procedure and Civil Trial Advocacy
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholar
- Marina and Bernadino Agosto, Sr. Award
- John F. Ensle Award
- Hispanic National Bar Association Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition, Finalist
- American Association for Justice National Student Trial Competition, Semi-Finalist
- American Bar Association Mock Trial Competition, Semi-Finalist
- American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Quarter-Finalist
- National Civil Trial Competition, Most Professional
- Juvenile and Children’s Advocacy Project
- Juvenile Records Sealing Project
- Houston Bar Association, Member
- HAY Center Committee Member
- Entertainment & Sports Law Section Member
- Corporate Counsel Section Member
- National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators, Member
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Member
- Hispanic Bar Association, Member
- Mexican American Bar Association, Member
- Hispanic Business Student Association, Member
“STCL Houston Extends Reign of Advocacy Excellence, Earning Its Unrivaled 135th National Advocacy Championship,” Law School News, South Texas College of Law Houston (March 2021)