Nissa has over 26 years’ experience handling appellate and law-intensive matters. She began her legal career as a briefing attorney for the Third Court of Appeals, and she also previously served as a briefing attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. In private practice, she has developed and maintained a diverse practice handling matters for individuals, corporations, and non-profit entities across a number of substantive legal areas. In addition to operating her own law practice, she was previously a shareholder in Crofts & Callaway, P.C. Nissa is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Certifications and Admissions

• Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Texas State Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Federal Circuit
• United States District Courts: Western District of Texas

Education

• BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Waco, Texas, Juris Doctor, 1986
• TRINITY UNIVERSITY, San Antonio, Texas, Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1983

Honors and Awards/Community Service

• Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association – 2007
• Texas Super Lawyer list, Civil Appellate Law – Thomson Reuters, 2005 - 2015
• Chair, Host Committee, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference – 2007
• Director, San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association – 2006 - 2007
• Trustee, San Antonio Bar Foundation – 2006 - 2011
• Vice-President, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association – 2005
• Director, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association – 2002 - 2004, 2006
• Director, San Antonio Bar Association – 2002 - 2004
• Chair, San Antonio Bar Association Law Day Committee – 2002

 

Nissa Dunn
Attorney at Law
(210) 775-0881
nissa@hdappeals.com
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