Christina Crozier assists clients with appellate briefing and analysis in a wide range of areas, from business litigation to personal injury to questions regarding the scope of the Fifth Amendment. Ms. Crozier also writes regularly on arbitration-related litigation, an area that has rapidly evolved in recent years.
Ms. Crozier’s practice includes work at both the trial and appellate levels, including the following:
- Authors briefs in appeals involving contract disputes, constitutional issues, personal injury, and insurance coverage;
- Authors mandamus petitions in the Texas courts of appeals and the Texas Supreme Court;
- Assists trial teams with drafting jury charges, crafting questions where there is no pattern jury charge, preparing objections, and arguing the charge conference;
- Works with trial teams to draft motions in the trial court.
Professional Recognition
- Author, “Estoppel Doctrine Allows Arbitration Provisions To Be Enforced By and Against Non-Signatories,” The Houston Lawyer (July/August 2008)
- Co-Author, “The Intersection Between Arbitration and Litigation in Texas,” Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas (Fall 2007)
- Co-Author, “Risky Business: Altering the Scope of Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards by Contract,” Texas Bar Journal (October 2006)
- Co-Author, “Arbitration-Related Litigation and Appeals,” Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, State Bar of Texas (September 2006)
- Speaker, “Appellate Case Update,” Houston Bar Association Appellate Section Meeting (July 2006)
Professional Leadership
- Committee Chair, Association of Women Attorneys (2008)
- Firm liaison, Adopt-an-Angel Committee, Houston Young Lawyers Association (2007-2008)
- Young Leader, United Way of Greater Houston (2007-2008)
Selected Representative Experience
Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide, Ltd. v. SeaWolf Oilfield Services, Ltd., No. 2009-04336 (127th Dist. Ct., Harris County, Tex.)
Successfully defended a $27 million default judgment against a Nigerian national and a Nigerian oilfield services company by defeating the defendants' special appearances and motion for new trial.
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Legg, No. 03-07-00512-CV, 2009 WL 2476636 (Tex. App. - Austin Aug. 12, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op.)
Prepared pre- and post-trial motions, then successfully defended a judgment on a favorable jury verdict in a railroad crossing collision case, defeating the plaintiffs' challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence and their attack on the trial court's refusal to strike venire members for cause.
Ibarra v. Baker, No. 08-20220, 2009 WL 2244659 (5th Cir. July 28, 2009)
Persuaded the Fifth Circuit to vacate a district court's findings that two attorneys engaged in misconduct by giving or abiding false testimony.
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad, No. 09-06-00255-CV, 2008 WL 2759084 (Tex. App.-Beaumont July 17, 2008, pet. denied) (mem. op.)
Successfully defended on appeal a judgment holding that no indemnity obligation arose from a trackage rights agreement between two railroads.
Shrewsbury v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No. 2007-4723 (327th Dist. Ct., El Paso County, Tex.)
Obtained summary judgment in a bill of review proceeding, defeating a challenge to a favorable default judgment.
Pintail Production Co. v. Osprey Petroleum Co., Nos. 13-06-069-CV, 13-06-151-CV, 2006 WL 1030150 (Tex. App. - Corpus Christi Apr. 20, 2006, no pet.) (mem. op.)
In an oil and gas dispute, obtained dismissal of an accelerated appeal and a related petition for writs of injunction and mandamus.