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Suzanne E. Sharpless

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sharpless@pkmtexas.com   
       
713.658.1111      (Tel.)
832.455.2524      (Cell)
713.658.8253      (Fax)



Suzanne E. Sharpless was born into a U.S. military family in Stuttgart, Germany and raised in Ankara, Turkey. While living overseas, she traveled extensively throughout Europe and parts of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. She received her B.A. (magna cum laude) from Texas A&M University in 2006 and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2010.  

Suzanne’s practice consists of litigation, insurance coverage, and representing primary and excess insurance underwriters’ interests with respect to litigation in the United States. She concentrates her practice on marine, energy, construction, and business interruption matters.


Bar and Court Admissions

  • Texas, 2010

  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

 Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2010
  •  Houston Business & Tax Law Journal, Member, 2008-2009; Senior Articles Editor, 2009-2010
  • Texas A&M University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006
  • Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society, Member, 2006
Noteworthy
  • Fluent in German and Turkish

  • Judicial Internship for the Honorable Jeff Bohm, United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D., TX, 2008

  • Judicial Internship for the Honorable Sam Nuchia, Texas Court of Appeals, First District, 2008
  • Secondment with the Marine, Energy, and Construction Liability Claims Department of a Lloyd’s Syndicate

Memberships
  • State Bar of Texas
Contact Information:
  
sharpless@pkmtexas.com
  
713.658.1111      (Tel.)
832.455.2524      (Cell)
713.658.8253      (Fax)

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