With 25 years of combined legal experience as a civil and commercial litigator, TMCA credentialed mediator, negotiator, arbitrator, and appellate briefing attorney, Felicia’s practice now focuses on the resolution of disputes privately, fairly, efficiently, and professionally through mediation and arbitration (ad hoc and administered) proceedings.

After clerking for Chief Justice John Cayce at the Second Court of Appeals, Felicia started her law firm career in a Houston litigation boutique, and later was a Houston-based litigation partner in national and regional law firms. She has tried and settled cases pending in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration. She has advised individuals and companies (privately-held and publicly-traded) in simple to complicated multi-party business disputes in a range of industries including energy, energy services, healthcare, insurance, and technology on a spectrum of claims including contract disputes, negligence, personal injury and wrongful death, business formation and dissolution, trade secrets, employment agreements, employment discrimination and harassment, business torts, corporate governance and fiduciary duties, nursing home operations, product liability, the UCC, and warranty claims among others.

Felicia has been recognized by her peers for inclusion among The Best Lawyers® in America in commercial litigation (2021-2023).

• Arbitration
• Employment Law
• Energy & Utilities
• Health Systems
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Mediation
• Personal Injury & Torts
• Real Estate

• J.D., South Texas College of Law, summa cum laude (1st in Class), 1997
  Selected by peers as “Outstanding Female Graduate”
  Articles Editor, SOUTH TEXAS LAW REVIEW
• B.A., Texas A&M University, cum laude, 1992
  Section Editor, AGGIELAND (TAMU’s Yearbook)

• American Arbitration Association National Registry of Arbitrators, Commercial, Energy, Consumer Arbitration Panels
• United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider
• Texas Comptroller Registry of Arbitrators, Property Tax Appraisal Appeals, Arbitrator
• Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Board Member & Volunteer Mediator & Arbitrator
  Houston Bar Foundation 2021 Award for Outstanding Contribution to the DRC, Recipient
• Early Dispute Resolution Institute, Mediator
• Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, Credentialed Mediator
• State Bar of Texas
  Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Member
• American Bar Association
  Dispute Resolution Section, Member
  Arbitration Committee, Member
  -Mediation Committee, Member
  – Mediation Week Program 2022 (October 19, 2022), Co-Chair
  -Early Dispute Resolution Committee, Fellow (2023) and Member
  -Women In Dispute Resolution, Member
  – Programs Subcommittee, Member (2022-2023)>
  Litigation Section, Member
• Houston Bar Association
  Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Member (2021-Present)
  -ADR Council, At-Large Member (2022-2023)
  -Fee Dispute Committee Member (2022-2023)
  Professionalism Committee, Co-Chair (2022-2023), Member (2021-2023)
  -2023 Texas Day of Civility Program Committee, Member
  -Moderator, 2022 Texas Day of Civility Program, April 29, 2022
  -Co-Chair, Mentorship Subcommittee (2021-2022)
  Speakers Bureau Committee, Member (2021-2023)
  -Speaker, How to Hire an Attorney, March 8, 2022, City of Houston Dept of Neighborhoods
  -Speaker, Three Rs for Conflict Management & Dispute Resolution, August 17, 2022, Houston NW Bar Ass’n
• Brazoria County Bar Association
  Dispute Resolution Practice Area
  -Speaker, Three Rs for Conflict Management & Dispute Resolution, August 12, 2022
• Texas Bar College, Member
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Houston Association of Women Attorneys, Member
• Texas Association of Mediators, Member
• University of Houston ADR Negotiations and Arbitration Teams, Coach (2022)
• Basic Mediator Training (2014, Manousso Mediation Training & Alternative Dispute Resolution Services)
• Arbitrator Training (2022, American Arbitration Association)
• Health Care Arbitration Training (2021, American Health Law Association)
• ARB Appeal Arbitrator Training (2021, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
• Basic Arbitrator Training (2021, Manousso Mediation & Arbitration LLC)
• Early Dispute Resolution Neutral Training (2021, EDR Institute)
• Elder & Adult Care Mediator Training (2021, Manousso Mediation & Arbitration LLC)
• Family & SAPCR Mediator Training (2021, Mediation Dynamics)
• Implicit Bias Training (2021, Houston Bar Association)
• State Bar of Texas (1997-Present)
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States District Courts in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
  Admitted pro hac vice in the courts of other states (including Louisiana, Oklahoma, Indiana)
• City of Pearland
  Councilmember, Position 4 (2006-2009; 2009-2012)
  Mayor Pro-Tem (2009-2010)
• Pearland Economic Development Corporation, Director (2003-2006)
• Center for Houston’s Future Leadership Forum, Graduate, Fall 2009
• K9s4Cops, Second Annual “2-9s for K9s” Charity Golf Tournament, Co-Chair (2014)

• All regions in Texas
• All regions in the U.S.
• Austin
• Dallas
• Great Plains
• Gulf Coast Plains
• Houston
• North Central Plains
• San Antonio

• English