Texas litigation boutique Weisbart Springer Hayes LLP has added trial and appellate lawyer Kevin Terrazas ’99 in the firm’s Austin office.
Selected this year to the Texas Rising Stars list of the state’s top young lawyers, Mr. Terrazas earned his law degree, with honors, from Harvard Law School in 2007. He completed his undergraduate degree in 1999 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was named a Distinguished Cadet.
Prior to law school, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army's Field Artillery branch, including service with the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal, among other military honors. He also is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Ranger, Airborne and Air Assault schools.
Joining the firm from the Austin office of Yetter Coleman LLP, Mr. Terrazas provides experience in a wide range of complex trials and appeals involving antitrust claims, intellectual property, contracts, torts and constitutional law. He is also a former law clerk to Judge Priscilla R. Owen of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Terrazas currently serves as a director of the American Red Cross of Central Texas and an officer for the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin.