Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property Litigation
Business Litigation
Products Liability
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death

Practice Description and Representative Cases:
For more than 15 years, Eve Henson has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of civil matters ranging from complex multidistrict litigation to straightforward contract disputes. Eve is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in both Texas and Florida. Her extensive commercial litigation track record includes matters involving antitrust allegations, aviation incidents, environmental claims, insurance coverage for lead paint liability, and patent infringement and invalidity claims covering a wide-range of products and processes. She also regularly represents clients in employment, product liability, personal injury and wrongful death actions. Her clients include individuals and families as well as Fortune 500 corporations.

Eve’s dogged perseverance in the discovery process and thorough examination of the facts in every matter she handles, give her clients a distinct advantage. Her litigation skills and track record were recognized in Texas Monthly magazine when Eve was named to the “Texas Rising Stars” list in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008, and when she was named to the “Texas Super Lawyers” list based on her work in intellectual property litigation in both 2008 and 2009. She has also been rated as an AV lawyer in Martindale-Hubbell. An AV rating is a significant accomplishment indicating that her peers rank Eve at the highest level of professional excellence.

Eve earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Environmental Science from Cornell University. She then earned her law degree at Southern Methodist University School of Law where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Survey Edition of the SMU Law Review.

Following are examples of just a few of the representative cases Eve has handled:

• Successfully defending Deere & Company in commercial, product liability, and DTPA cases through verdict.
• Successfully defending Peerless Corp. through verdict in a product liability trial.
• Successfully defending national finance company in employment discrimination suit, negotiating walk-away settlement prior to trial.
• Successfully defending large medical device manufacturer against claims of patent infringement.
• Securing a voluntary dismissal with prejudice of antitrust claims asserted against client, who was first to market with a revolutionary medical device, without any extensive motion practice.
• Eliminating potential multistate class-action lawsuit by uncovering underlying fraudulent activity by class representative.
• Obtaining critical evidence necessary to secure a substantial settlement for an injured airline worker.
• Securing several significant settlements for individuals and families injured due to negligence, product liability, and discrimination.

In addition to work experience, Eve also serves on committees, speaks at seminars, and writes on various legal topics.

Professional Activities and Honors:
Dallas Bar Association

American Bar Association

Federal Circuit Bar Association

Eastern District Bar Association

College of State Bar of Texas: An honorary society of lawyers, who meet high on-going training qualification requirements and who are interested in both high ethical standards and improved training for all Texas attorneys.

Associate member, American Association for Justice (f/k/a American Trial Lawyers Association)

Associate member, Texas Trial Lawyers Association

AV-Rated attorney, Martindale-Hubbell

Texas Rising Stars (2004-2006 & 2008)

Texas Super Lawyers (2008-2009)

Co-chair, Emerging Legislation Subcommittee for the ABA’s Intellectual Property Trial and Appellate Procedure Committee (2007 – 2008).

Member, Model Patent Rules Subcommittee for the ABA’s Intellectual Property Trial and Appellate Procedure Committee (2007- present).

Member, Women in the Profession Subcommittee for ABA’s Intellectual Property Litigation Committee (2008- present).

Member of Development Committee for 11th Annual Eastern District of Texas Bench/Bar Conference (2006-2007).

Member, new Consumer Products Subcommittee for ABA’s Product Liability Committee (2008 – present)

Member, Women in Product’s Liability Subcommittee for ABA’s Product Liability Committee (2006 – present)

Assistant co-chair of Judicial Committee for Dallas Bar Association (2003-2004).

Presentations:
How to Cross-Examine Witnesses Effectively, January 9, 2009, Dallas Bar Association’s Trial Skills Section in Dallas, Texas.

Preparing a Successful Daubert Challenges, November 13, 2008, ABA’s Women in Products Liability Seminar in New York, New York.

Achieving Work/Life Balance, October 4, 2007, ABA’s Women in Products Liability Seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Trying a Jury Friendly Patent Case, August 11, 2007, Annual American Bar Association Meeting in San Francisco, California.

Publications:
Under contract with Oxford University Press, to co-author a book entitled “How to try a jury friendly patent case,” due for publication in 2010.

Deceptive Trade Practices Act, 50 SMU L. REV. 1085 (1997). Co-author, “DTPA – Then and Now,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Continuing Legal Education Seminar (1995).

Co-author, Business Torts, 48 SMU L. REV. 919 (1995).

Co-author, Deceptive Trade Practices Act, 48 SMU L. REV. 1113 (1995).

Coercion v. Cooperation: Suggestions for the Better Effectuation of CERCLA (Superfund), 47 SMU L. REV. 607 (1994).

Education:
Southern Methodist University, School of Law, J.D.
 
Cornell University, B.S., Honors in Environmental Science

Professional Experience:
Shareholder, Sayles Werbner since 2000

Associate, Sullivan, Johnson & Manfredi, Miami, Florida 1996 -2000

Associate, Lynn, Stodghill, Melsheimer, & Tillotson, Dallas, Texas 1994 -1996

Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Texas

State Bar of Florida

United States District Courts for Northern, Eastern, Southern, & Western Districts of Texas

United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, & Southern Districts of Florida