Jennifer Haltom Doan is a partner with Haltom & Doan, located in Texarkana, TX-AR, and practices throughout East Texas and Arkansas. Ms. Doan has been selected as a 2008 and 2007 Best Lawyer in America and selected in 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine. She was also selected as Best Attorney in Texarkana 2006 and 2005 by Four States Living Magazine. Throughout her eighteen years of experience as a trial lawyer, Ms. Doan has handled a diverse array of complex litigation involving environmental and toxic tort claims, pharmaceutical litigation, intellectual property, personal injury, product liability, class actions, and business controversies. She has served as lead trial counsel on behalf of large and small businesses as well as individuals. Some of the cases she has been involved in recent years include serving as lead trial counsel in defending a large aluminum company against 374 residents claiming personal injury, medical monitoring, and property damage. She has also served as lead counsel for plaintiffs in a large construction and mold contamination matter and negotiated one of the largest settlements of this type litigation in Southwest Arkansas. Ms. Doan has also represented numerous technology companies in federal courts throughout East Texas as local counsel in intellectual property matters, including several Markman hearings.

Ms. Doan is licensed to practice in Texas and Arkansas and in all federal courts in both states. She has tried or argued cases in federal courts in both states and in district courts throughout Texas and in circuit courts throughout Arkansas. She has also handled appeals in Arkansas and Texas appellate courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. She has also arbitrated cases before the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Ms. Doan is board certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is also a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, the Arkansas Bar Foundation, and the College of the State Bar of Texas. She currently serves on the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions – Civil. Ms. Doan has recently been selected as a charter fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Arkansas Bar Association, the Northeast Texas Bar Association, the Southwest Arkansas Bar Association, the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, the Texarkana Bar Association, and the Texarkana Young Lawyers Association, where she was a charter member and served as President from 2001-02. Ms. Doan is also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, the Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

Ms. Doan received her Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 1989, where she wrote for the American Journal of Criminal Law and was selected for UT’s pilot program with the University of London. Ms. Doan graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1986, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance, summa cum laude. She is a fourth generation native of Texarkana, and is married to Darby Doan, one of her partners. They have two children, Katherine Anne and Johanna Claire.

Reported Opinions

• McNamara v. Felderhof, 410 F.3d 277 (5th Cir. 2005);
• F.D.I.C. v. Selaiden Builders, Inc., 973 F.2d. 1249 (5th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1051, 113 S. Ct. 1944 (1993);
• Evans v. Allwhite, 111 S.W.3d 282 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2003, no writ);
• Dallas Cardiology Assoc., P. A. v. Mallick, 978 S.W.2d 209 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1998, writ denied);
• Cates v. Cincinnati Life Ins. Co., 947 S.W.2d 608 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1997, no writ);
• Cates v. Cincinnati Life Ins. Co., 909 S.W.2d 186 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 1995, writ granted) (reversed by opinion above);
• Spiritas Holdings, Inc. v. Darling-Delaware Co., Inc., 875 S.W.2d 14 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1994, writ denied).

Recent Honors And Awards

• Best Lawyers in America- Commercial Litigation – 2007, 2008
• Texas Super Lawyer – Texas Monthly Magazine – 2005, 2006, 2007
• Best Attorney in Texarkana 2006 – Four States Living Magazine
• Best Attorney in Texarkana 2005 – Four States Living Magazine
• 2004 YWCA Tribute to Women—Idalee Raffaelli Hawkins Award for Professions

Recent Speeches and Articles

• National Business Institute – “Proving Damages Caused by Mold Infestation in Arkansas”, May 2005
• Texarkana Young Lawyers Association – “Demonstrative Evidence Made Easy”, February 2005
• Texarkana Association of Legal Assistants –“Demonstrative Evidence Made Easy”, October 2004

• Community Service
• Abilene Christian University Board of Trustees (1992-present)
• Junior League of Texarkana (1991-present, President 2005-2006)
• Women for Texas A & M (Texarkana Charter Board Member 2005-present)
• ALCOA Community Advisory Board (2004-present)
• Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Counsel (Board of Directors 2000-2001)
• Women for the Arts (1995-present; President, 2001)
• Salvation Army Advisory Board of Directors (2001-present)
• Conifer Girl Scout Council Board of Directors (1998-2005)
• Opportunities, Inc. Advisory Guild (1999-2004)
• Christus St. Michael Health System -- Friends of the Foundation (1998-present)
• Child Protective Services (volunteer 1995- present)
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (1995-present)
• Literary Council Board of Directors (2008-present)