Ms. Deborah D. Williamson

Deborah D. Williamson is a member of Dykema Cox Smith in San Antonio and has practiced insolvency and restructuring law for over 30 years. She is regularly called on by clients in a variety of industries for her bankruptcy experience and advice regarding counter party risk. She also served as one of the 19 members of ABI?s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. In 2011, Ms.Williamson received ABI?s Lifetime Achievement Award. She travels frequently around Texas, theU.S. and the world to address colleagues and clients regarding bankruptcy issues, and has been involved in representing parties in oil and gas restructurings and bankruptcies for more than 30 years.Ms. Williamson authored When Gushers Go Dry: The Essentials of Oil and Gas Bankruptcy, Second Edition (ABI 2016) and Bankruptcy Litigation Manual: What Civil Litigators Need to Know(ABI 2007), and she was ABI?s first female President. She is recognized as a leader in her field byChambers USA and has been selected by Texas Super Lawyers as one of the ?Top 100 Lawyers,?one of the ?Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas? and one of the ?Top 50 Lawyers in Central Texas?since the honor?s inception. Named one of The Best Lawyers in America for over two decades, she was recently included for a second time in Texas Lawyer?s Go-To Guide (published every five years) as one of the top five bankruptcy attorneys in the state of Texas. Ms. Williamson co-chaired the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section of the AmericanBar Association. Previously, she served as managing director of Cox Smith prior to its merger with Dykema, and was responsible for the firm?s business and client service strategies. She is currently a member of Dykema?s executive board. Ms. Williamson is admitted to practice before the U.S.Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Second Circuits, and the U.S. DistrictCourts for the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas. She is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by both the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the AmericanBoard of Certification. Ms. Williamson received her B.A. in political science with honors from theUniversity of Texas at El Paso in 1977 and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center in 1981.