Jamie Drillette
Associate
Jamie Drillette is a senior associate at LPHS. Her expertise spans a wide range of industries—from oil and gas to franchise disputes. She’s a force in and out of the courtroom, with experience handling every part of the litigation cycle. A go-to for complex trials, Jamie has represented clients in multiple jury and non-jury trials, including serving second chair in a federal trial resulting in a nearly $8 million jury verdict and a state court trial resulting in a $9.4 million jury verdict—ranked among the Top 40 verdicts in Texas for 2025.
Jamie earned a BA in Political Science from Colorado College and a J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where she served on the Editorial Board of the Texas Law Review. She also worked as a teaching assistant and participated in the Hutcheson Moot Court Competition.
Prior to joining LPHS, Jamie clerked for The Honorable Justice Paul Green in the Supreme Court of Texas where she assisted the Justice in evaluating petitions and drafting majority opinions in areas including property tax, medical malpractice, and utility regulation. Jamie also previously practiced law as a litigation associate at Baker Botts, LLP.
In 2024, Jamie was named a Super Lawyers “Texas Rising Star.” She has also won awards for her pro-bono work. In 2020, Jamie and her team were awarded the D CEO Magazine Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Award, “In-Kind Services Supporter” for their work with a local non-profit to obtain a judgment ordering the demolition of a notorious drug and prostitution house. She’s also taken on high-profile pro bono work, like her co-representation of Hope Solo in arbitration before the United States Olympic Committee against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Jamie is passionate about education and has worked with schools and NGOs around the world teaching English to adults and children, as well as leading seminars to educators. Jamie loves the outdoors, and travels to the mountains when she can for hiking and snowboarding. She currently lives in Dallas with her dog, Baxendale.
Education
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- Colorado College, Political Science, B.A.
- University of Texas, School of Law, J.D., with honors
- Editorial Board Member of the Texas Law Review
Judicial Clerkships
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- Clerk, The Honorable Justice Paul Green, Supreme Court of Texas
HONORS & AWARDS
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- Super Lawyers "Texas Rising Star" (2024-2026)
- Lawdragon 500, The Next Generation (2026)
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
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- Represented Accenture LLP defending pre-litigation claims for $10 million. Negotiated a $0 settlement in which all claims were dropped.
- Represented the Board of Directors for Adeptus Health, Inc., formerly the largest network of freestanding emergency rooms in the county, defending over $300 million in claims in Delaware and Texas related to Adeptus’s 2017 collapse. Settlement involved release of all claims in both lawsuits.
- Represented local residents of south Dallas pro bono and obtained a judgment ordering demolition of a notorious drug and prostitution house.
- Taken a lead and/or supporting role in 8 trials and arbitrations, including the $8mil verdict that’s already in there as well as a $9.4 million verdict (state court jury trial) that was ranked in the to 40 in Texas for 2026.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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- Mac Taylor Inn of Court, Barrister (2025–2028)
- Higginbotham Inn of Court, Associate (2024–2025)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow (2026)
- Dallas Bar Association, Fellow (2026)
- DBA, WE Lead (2025)
- DWLA, The PITCH (2024)
- Dallas Center, Board of Directors (2025-Present)
- Worked alongside Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT) to obtain a demolition order of a notorious drug house in south Dallas.
- Worked alongside Genesis Women’s Shelter representing a victim of domestic violence in a custody dispute against her former abuser.
- Represented a federal inmate in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the government for his medical treatment while in a federal facility.
- Represented Hope Solo on a pro bono basis in arbitration before the U.S. Olympic Committee against the United States Soccer Federation for corruption and conflicts of interest in violation of the Ted Stevens Act.
- Represented Professor Douglass Laycock on a pro bono basis in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of petitioners in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, 140 S.Ct. 2367 (2020).
PUBLICATIONS
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- “What the First Ripples of Force Majeure Lawsuits Can Teach Us About the Expected Flood to Come”, April 29, 2020
- ABA Litigation Journal, "Turning Setbacks into Strengths: Navigating Losses in Trial Law"
- Texas Lawbook, "I Succeed Because You Did Before Me"
- CLE Presentation: SMU Guest Lecturer, Larry Kanter, "Litigation for Experts", September 2, 2024
- CLE Presentation, "How Will the Business Courts Affect My Company", September 27, 2024
- CLE Presentation, "Texas Business Courts: Lunch and Learn with Judge William Whitehill", December 2, 2024
- CLE Presentation, "Admitted to the Bar: Updates on the Licensing of Attorneys, Legal Paraprofessionals, and Court Access Assistants in Texas" (with Texas Supreme Court Justice, Brett Busby), January 15, 2025
- CLE Presentation, "Texas Venue: Where Do We File the Thing?"