Meredith Parenti

Associate

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

The Russian Federation Allen v. Russian Federation et al. Obtained motion to dismiss on behalf of The Russian Federation on FSIA and personal jurisdiction grounds.

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Hurricane Katrina Victims Class Katrina Victims; Diane Ridgley; Judy Sturcken; David Bellinger; and Tamica Dickson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Department of Homeland Security; Michael Chertoff, Secretar Represented a group of low-income individuals displaced from their homes by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in suit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other Federal officials; class action lawsuit in Federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Court certified class action and granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting FEMA from terminating people from its rental assistance program.

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General Electric Capital Corporation Wausau Underwriters Ins. Co. v. General Electric Co. Won, and successfully defended on appeal through the Texas Supreme Court, summary judgment for General Electric in suit involving equitable subrogation claims under a novel interpretation of Texas’s products-liability indemnity statute. Wausau Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Gen. Elec. Co., No. 01-02-00895-CV, 2004 WL 1471987 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] July 1, 2004, pet. denied).

University of Maryland

J.D.

1996

Goucher College

B.A.

1990

Challenging Federal Appellate Jurisdiction (Austin, TX, May 30, 2008) Conference on State and Federal Appeals CLE, University of Texas School of Law

H.B. 4 & Civil Justice Reform: An Overview (June 10, 2003)

Breach of Contracts: Through the Legislature or Not—The Texas Supreme Court’s Recent Rulings (Texas Association of State University AttorneysAustin, May 04, 2001)

Venue: What Is the Current State of the Law? (South Texas College of LawHouston, February 05, 1999) 8th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference