Dallas-Based American Board of Trial Advocates Installs New National President

Texarkana attorney Jennifer Haltom Doan, called a "force of nature," is a longtime ABOTA member and officer who's served on the group's national board of directors and the ABOTA Foundation's board of trustees since her induction into the organization in 2007.

The invitation-only national association of about 7,000 trial lawyers and judges works to foster public understanding of the constitutional right to a jury trial and promote new technologies within the legal profession.

Texarkana attorney Jennifer Haltom Doan was installed as national president of the Dallas-based American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization’s national meeting and leadership conference in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Cynthia McGuinn, who served as the group’s 2018 national president, described Doan as a lawyer who has the courage to face the complex and ever-challenging difficulties with respect to the rule of law and optimism in the face of public apathy for democracy.

“Jennifer Doan possesses the leadership qualities of firmness and perseverance of purpose,” McGuinn said in a statement. “She is a force of nature and a beacon of light, ideally suited to guide ABOTA to be the best of all it can be.”

Doan was sworn in by retired Justice Ruby Sondock, the first female justice to serve on the Texas Supreme Court.

Managing partner of the Haltom & Doan law firm based in Texarkana, Doan has a track record in product liability, intellectual property, antitrust, class action, personal injury, and bet-the-company litigation.

She is a longtime ABOTA member and officer. She’s served on the ABOTA national board of directors and the ABOTA Foundation’s board of trustees since her induction into the organization in 2007.

Doan co-created ABOTA’s Mastering Virtual Advocacy series and taught numerous Masters in Trial programs. 

“It is the honor of my career to be able to serve ABOTA,” Doan said in a statement. “I’m excited about the work that we have done in the past and the phenomenal actions we will take and accomplish in the future as we introduce and work with new areas of trial technologies.

“Together, we will use our multiple voices to speak as one voice, united for the Seventh Amendment, the rule of law, and democracy,” she said.

Doan’s civility, effective advocacy, and professionalism are noted

The Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, described Doan as an accomplished trial lawyer who has tried multiple complex civil cases to verdict.

“Fearless in the courtroom, she presents to the court and the jury the essential elements of her clients’ cases, tempered with civility and effective advocacy and always delivered with professionalism—the two pillars upon which ABOTA was formed,” Gilstrap said in a statement.

ABOTA said that Doan becomes its 66th national president and the sixth female president in its history.

In her role as national president, Doan said that she will aim to further the organization’s vision, including enhancing public understanding of the constitutional right to a jury trial and promoting new technologies within the legal profession.

ABOTA is an invitation-only national association of 7,000 experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to civil jury trials. The organization’s primary goal is to educate the American public about the history and value of the right to trial by jury. 


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