Marie Jamison

Marie Jamison

Houston, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025
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18 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Biography

Marie has experience in both trial and appellate matters. In private practice, Marie handles or assists in all phases of litigation for a wide variety of clients involved in products liability, premises liability, personal injury, insurance defense, contract disputes, and commercial lawsuits. She has appeared and handled appeals before the Supreme Court of Texas and various Texas courts of appeals. Marie has taught Appellate Advocacy as an adjunct professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law. In 2023, the Texas Bar Foundation honored Marie by naming her the recipient of its annual Lola Wright Foundation Award – an award recognizing “outstanding public service in advancing and enhancing legal ethics in Texas.” In 2024, Marie received the Lois Prestage Woods Legacy of Justice award from Thurgood Marshall School of Law. This award, named for the first Black female graduate of the law school, is awarded to an alumnus whose legal accomplishments have brought honor to the law school and the legal profession.

Prior to joining the firm, Marie was an attorney for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. At the court of appeals, Marie evaluated civil and criminal appeals, made recommendations to the judges, and assisted the judges in drafting and editing judicial opinions in complex appeals, as well as original proceedings. Marie also assisted court committees in electronic document projects and providing training to the Texas appellate court on working in an electronic environment.

Wright Close Barger & Guzman

18 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., graduated 2005
  • Texas Wesleyan University, B.S., graduated 2000

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas

  • Houston Bar Association - Member
  • HBA Law Week Committee - Co-Chair (2011-2012)
  • HBA Judicial Polls Committee - Chair (2015-2016)
  • Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court - Executive Committee Member
  • Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics - Member

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association - Member
  • HBA Law Week Committee - Co-Chair (2011-2012)
  • HBA Judicial Polls Committee - Chair (2015-2016)
  • Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court - Executive Committee Member
  • Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics - Member
  • Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., graduated 2005
  • Texas Wesleyan University, B.S., graduated 2000
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2026

  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2024-2025

Additional Information

  • Certifications
  • Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Publications

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