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Leslie Echols-Pitts 
Dallas, Texas
Director
phone (214) 369-1300
fax (214) 987-9649
email lpitts@fhmlaw.com

Leslie Echols Pitts is a director at Fanning Harper & Martinson, P.C.  Her practice focuses on insurance coverage, insurance coverage-related litigation and appellate law.  Leslie graduated from the Texas Tech School of Law, where she served as research editor for the law review.

Leslie is licensed to practice before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and before all of the district courts of Texas.  She is a Tarrant County resident where she stays active in the Tarrant County Bar Association, serving on its Free Arbitration Committee, in her church and various other civic organizations.

Cases representative of Leslie's practice include Tivoli v. Jewelers Mutual; 932 S.W. 2d704 (Tex. App. - San Antonio 1996, no writ); and State and County Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co., 35 S.W. 3d 278 (Tex. App. - El Paso 2000, no writ).

Away from the office, Leslie enjoys time with her husband and young son at home and at the family farmhouse, traveling, watching baseball and visiting with the grandparents.

Areas of Practice:
Appellate Advocacy
Bad Faith Litigation
Environmental, Pharmaceutical, Toxic Tort, and Mass Tort Litigation
Insurance Coverage Opinions and Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1999
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1995
Education:
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1992
J.D.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Conflicts
Law Review: Texas Tech Law Review, Research Editor, 1990 - 1992


Texas Tech University, 1988
B.A.
Honors: Presidential Scholarship in Oil and Gas


Representative Cases:
Tivoli v. Jewlers Mutual, 932 S.W.2D 704 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1996)
State and County Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co., 35 S.W. 3d 278 (Tex. App. - El Paso 2000)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Dallas Women's Bar Association


Texas Women's Bar Association


State Bar of Texas


Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information:
1966, Encino, California, United States of America

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