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Christina F. Crozier

Of Counsel Houston

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Biography

Christina Crozier has been a member of Haynes Boone’s appellate practice group for nearly two decades. She is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been repeatedly recognized by Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) and Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.) in the area of appeals.

Christina’s practice centers on effective legal writing and persuasive oral advocacy. She has broad experience drafting dispositive motions and appellate briefs and has presented oral arguments in the Fifth Circuit, the Texas Supreme Court, and numerous Texas courts of appeals.

Outside of Haynes Boone, Christina is a professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where she teaches legal writing to first-year students. She also regularly teaches continuing legal education courses to lawyers and judges on topics such as error preservation, the jury charge, and the impact of artificial intelligence on legal writing.

An enthusiastic supporter of the bar, Christina has chaired the Appellate Practice Section of the Houston Bar Association and is a Houston Bar Foundation Fellow.

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Professional Affiliations and Engagements

Houston Bar Association Appellate Section, Past Chair (2023-2024); Chair (2022-2023); Chair Elect (2021-2022); Secretary (2020-2021); Treasurer (2019-2020); Judicial Reception Committee Chair (2018-2019); Appellate Lawyer Editor in Chief (2017-2018); Pro Bono Committee Chair (2016-2017)
Houston Bar Foundation Fellow (2024)
The Women's Fund for Health Education and Resiliency, Board of Trustees and Secretary (2013-2019)
State Bar of Texas

Awards and Recognitions

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., Appellate Practice, 2023-2025
Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2018
Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2024
Selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers Women's Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2023 - 2024
Recognized by Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2010-2015

Publications and Speaking Engagements

“ChatGPT and Pinocchio—the Challenges of Becoming a Real Boy,” speaker, Houston Bar Association Appellate Section (May 2024).
“ChatGPT and Pinocchio—the Challenges of Becoming a Real Boy,” speaker, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section (May 2024).
“ChatGPT in Civil Litigation: Artificial Intelligence & Brief Writing,” speaker and co-author, TexasBarCLE Handling Your First (or Next) Civil Appeal (April 2024).
“The AI Train: Get Onboard or Get Run Over,” panelist, Houston Bar Association and Houston Bar Foundation’s Bench Bar Conference (April 2024).
“Supreme Court Trial Law Update,” speaker, TexasBarCLE Advanced Trial Strategies (February 2024).
“Do Android Lawyers Dream of Electronic Billable Hours? The Use of AI in Civil Litigation,” speaker, TexasBarCLE Advanced Civil Trial (July 2023).
“Error Preservation,” speaker and co-author, TexasBarCLE Advanced Trial Strategies (February 2023).
“Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas,” speaker and co-author, State Bar of Texas, 14th Annual Advanced Business Disputes Course (September 2022).
“Supersedeas Bonds,” speaker and author, TexasBarCLE Civil Appellate Practice 101 (September 2022).
“The Jury Charge,” speaker and author, TexasBarCLE Advanced Civil Trial (July, August 2022).
“Error Preservation,” speaker and co-author, TexasBar CLE Advanced Trial Strategies (February 2022).
“The Jury Charge,” speaker and author, TexasBarCLE Damages in Civil Litigation (February 2022)
“Demystifying the Jury Charge,” speaker and author, TexasBarCLE Business Disputes (September 2021).
Course Director, TexasBarCLE Business Disputes (September 2020).
“Math for Lawyers: Calculating Damages Under Chapter 33, Interest, and Supersedeas Bonds,” speaker and author, TexasBarCLE Advanced Civil Trial (July, August 2020).
“The Appellate Ascent: Advice and Answers for Aspiring Advocates,” panelist, HBA Appellate Section (July 2020).
“The First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals: Practice, Procedure, and IOPs,” panel moderator, Houston Bar Association CLE (January 2020).
Course Director, TexasBarCLE Advanced Civil Trial (October 2019).
“Arbitration-Related Litigation,” speaker and co-author, TexasBAR CLE’s Business Disputes Course (September 2019).
“Planning and Drafting the Petition for Review,” speaker, TexasBarCLE’s Texas Supreme Court: History and Current Practice Course (April 2019)
“Error Preservation and Procedural Traps,” speaker, Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Civil Trial Law Seminar (March 2019)
“Preservation of Error,” speaker, TexasBarCLE’s 41st Annual Course: Advanced Civil Trial (October 2018)
“Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas,” co-author, TexasBarCLE's 10th Annual Business Disputes Course (September 2018)
“Jury Charge Update,” speaker, Harris County Civil Judicial Education Conference (August 2018)
“Questions from Wasson Interests v. City of Jacksonville,” speaker, TexasBarCLE Advanced Government Law Course (July 2018)
“Preservation of Error,” speaker, TexasBarCLE’s 41^st Annual Course: Advanced Civil Trial (July 2018)
"Masterpiece Cakeshop: Core Questions Left for Another Day," author, Law360 (June 2018)
“Preservation of Error,” speaker, Corpus Christi Bar Association 2018 Advanced Civil Trial Law Seminar (March 2018)
“Preservation of Error,” speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Trial Strategies (February 2018)
“Preserving Error and Navigating Appeals in State Court,” speaker, Admiralty and Maritime Law Conference (September 2017)
“Proving Up and Appealing Attorneys’ Fees,” speaker, State Bar of Texas’ Women and the Law Section Webinar (November 2016)
“Preservation of Error: Picking Your Battles and Not Losing the War,” speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Trial Strategies (February 2016)
“The Error Preservation Cheat Sheet,” author, The Houston Lawyer (September/October 2015)
“Proving Attorneys’ Fees and Costs,” speaker, Rossdale CLE (August 2015)
“Recent Developments in the Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees,” speaker and author, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course (July/August 2015)
“Preservation of Error,” speaker and co-author, State Bar of Texas Summer School (July 2015)
“Arbitration Clauses: Enforcement and Waiver,” speaker and author, Harris County Civil Judicial Education Conference (August 2014)
“Preservation of Error at Trial,” speaker and co-author, State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Course (July/August 2014)
"Presenting Your First Oral Argument," author, Appellate Issues (August 2013)
"Resisting Arbitration," speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Course (September 2012)
"Arbitration," speaker, State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Course (July 2012)
"Arbitration for Appellate Lawyers," speaker, Houston Bar Association Appellate Section (October 2011)
"Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas," speaker, Houston Bar Association Litigation Section (March 2011)
"Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas," co-author, 29 CORPORATE COUNSEL REV. 1 (2010)
"Significant 2009-10 'Arbitrability' Cases in Federal Appellate Courts," co-author, American Bar Association Section of Business Law 2010 Annual Meeting (August 2010)