Shelbi Barnhouse
Partner

Securities and Director and Officer Litigation, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation

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Phone: 214-855-3062
Direct Fax: 214-758-3795
Email: sbarnhouse@ccsb.com
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Ms. Barnhouse practices business litigation with an emphasis on complex securities litigation.

She has represented clients in significant securities class actions, including several coordinated through the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, such as the Enron MDL proceeding. Her securities experience includes litigating claims under federal and state securities laws, as well as civil and criminal securities fraud allegations. Ms. Barnhouse has represented clients in shareholder derivative litigation in both federal and state court. In addition, she has defended investment firms against fraud and RICO claims.

Ms. Barnhouse has managed several complex, document-intensive cases and has coordinated major electronic document reviews and productions.  She also has considerable experience working on cases involving joint defense groups composed of law firms from across the country.

In addition to her securities litigation work, Ms. Barnhouse has extensive construction litigation experience, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes related to general contractors, subcontractors, mold, and property inspections.

National legal publication Benchmark Litigation named her a “Future Star” in its 2010, 2011, and 2012 editions, noting that “Shelbi Barnhouse receives praise for her complex securities litigation practice.”  Ms. Barnhouse was also named by Texas Monthly magazine as a "Rising Star" in business litigation from 2006 through 2009.

Speeches

Women in E-Discovery
Lecturer, December 2008, E-Discovery Nightmares That Keep Lawyers Awake At Night

Education

University of Texas School of Law
J.D., with honors, 2000
Teaching Quizmaster: teaching legal research to first-year law students, legal writing assistant; Consul Award for outstanding contributions to the law school, 2000

University of Texas
B.A., with highest and special honors in Plan II, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa; College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Graduate, 1997

Judicial Internship

Honorable James Baker, Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Spring 2000

Admittances

Texas 2000

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Associations/Affiliations

Attorneys Serving the Community
▪       Committee Co-Chair, 2005-2009;
        Member, 2000-present

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
▪       DAYL Foundation, Life Fellow,
        2007-present; Grant Committee, 2009
▪       Equal Access to Justice Committee,
        Co-Chair, 2004-2007
▪       Lawyers Against Domestic Violence
        Committee, Member, 2001-2003
▪       DAYL Leadership Class, 2001
▪       Co-Founder of annual DAYL
        Freedom Run

Dallas Bar Association
▪       Securities Section, 2009-present;
        Member, 2000-present

Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas
▪       Attorney Volunteer, 2000-present

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
▪       Priority Needs Grand Panel,
        Vice-Chair, 2009; Member, 2008
        and 2011
▪       Carrington Coleman Campaign
        Coordinator, 2006-2007
▪       Young Leaders Society, Member,
        2006-present