ERIN McCLARTY

EDUCATION

Licensed to practice in the state of Texas. Bar Number: 24074676

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW, Houston, Texas

Juris Doctor, July 2010.
G.P.A.: 3.28-Top 20% of class (3.30 Top 15%).
Honors: Deans List; Deans Scholar; Academic Merit Scholarship; and Dean’s Scholar Scholarship.
Top Grades: A+ in both Constitutional Law and Torts.
Journal:Associate Editor, National Adelphia Law Journal
Activities: Member, Garland Walker Inn, 2009-2010; Member, Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity;
Member, South Texas Criminal Justice Project; Student Ambassador, South Texas
College of
Law; Member, ACLU; and Historian and Mock Trial Advocate, Black Law
Students

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS, Houston, Texas

Bachelors of Art in Political Science/Pre-Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2007
Honors: South Texas College of Law Cooperative Program; Dean’s List; Sigma Tau Delta
(National
English Honor Society); and Sigma Tau Delta (Political Science Honor Society).
Activities: Inaugural Mock Trial Team Captain; Student Activities Board; and St. Thomas More
Political Science Club.

PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH
Researched and assisted David Furlow, Partner, Thompson & Knight
“The Hearsay Rule and its Exceptions: Recognizing Hearsay, Getting It In, or Excluding It”, presented at
the How to Offer and Exclude Evidence Seminar, July 9-10 2009.

Research Assistant for Tiffany Bingham-Briscoe, Professor, South Texas College of Law, Summer
2008
Assisted in case research, client briefing, and drafting legal memoranda and pleadings.

International Lawyer Journal, 2008 Year-in-Review

Human Rights; Year in Review 43-2

Founder and primary writer for Notations on Non-profits, a blog discussing legal issues affecting
non-profit organizations.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Weatherford International, Houston, Texas

Contract Legal Counsel, December 2010
Work within Operations for North America. I assist Regional Counsel with red-lining various agreements
and negotiating with the respective parties. I also work with the newly formulated Global Procurement
Division to red-line and negotiate global agreements. There is also some light drafting.
Highlights: Assisted with compiling templates for global agreements. Able to negotiate with parties in
countries all over the world. Great exposure to domestic and international laws and regulations.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, Texas

Legal Intern, September 2010
Assist General Counsel with general compliance, drafting contracts, memorandums, handling general
operational questions and drafting HR/Compliance handbooks. Also worked with the Registrar reviewing
and drafting incoming/outgoing loan agreements, gifts, exhibitions and similar contracts.
Highlights: Drafted all the legal language for the e-commerce site, revised language for museum-wide
agreements concerning the acquisition and loan of all artwork and participated in the first American
exhibit of the world famous Cai Guo-Qiang.

TEXAS ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, Houston, Texas

Intern, September 2010
TALA is a local non-profit dedicated to providing counsel to artists and non-profits that are art oriented. I
assist part-time by researching, advising and drafting agreements for various non-profit issues such as
dissolution, incorporation, general operational questions and applications for exemption. Also do work for
artists such as copyright registration and various intellectual property issues.
Highlights: Completed copyright registrations, incorporations and participated in major contract
disputes.

ANDREWS & KURTH, LLP, Houston, Texas

Summer Associate, Summer 2009
Assisted in various research projects for the public law and litigation practice areas.
Highlights: Worked on MetroRail acquisitions and participated in/prepared for multiple special
commissioners hearings.

THOMPSON & KNIGHT, LLP, Houston, Texas

Summer Associate, Summer 2009
Drafted various motions and pleadings and performed research projects for the litigation and bankruptcy
practice areas.
Highlights: Participated in multiple depositions and a major MDL litigation case.

LAM, LYNN, ROBINSON, & PHILLIPS P.C., Houston, Texas

Law Clerk, Spring 2008
During first year, assisted in case research and preparation of court filings. Also assisted in service of
process and general clerical work.

VALLOUREC AND MANNESMANN TUBES, CORP., Houston, Texas

Claims Technician, March 2006 – February 2009
Coordinate and manage the repair of seamless steel pipe and other steel applications for major
international oil and gas distributors/part manufacturers such as Shell, BP, Chevron, Anadarko, El Paso
and Weatherford. Worked full-time while attending undergraduate and law school, and ultimately ran the
department.
Highlights: Assisted in the repair and return of material on a 7 million dollar rig site. Also assisted in the
fabrication and delivery of pipe for one of the world’s largest cranes.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

←
←•Notations on Nonprofits, Blogger/Founder
←• Skills For Living, Development Committee
Member
←• Emerging Leaders, Steering Committee
←• Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
Member
←• Texas Young Professionals, Member
Member
←• St. Thomas Mock Trial Team, Sergeant
•American Bar Association, Member
•Association of Women Attorneys,
•National Bar Association, Member
•Houston Young Lawyers Association ,
• Texas Association of Non-profits,
• Citywide Dance, Advisory Board
(w.i.l.l.l.), Founder - Non-profit that will educate minority women, of all ages, about their rights and opportunities
in the legal system.