Join MSU Law Dean Linda Sheryl Greene as she speaks with Kim Askew in the third installment of her Second Annual Dean’s Speaker Series. The discussion, entitled “Ethics, Law, and Society,” is part of a speakers series bringing in a diverse group of leading legal thinkers to the
Michigan State University community.

Kim J. Askew is a partner at DLA Piper (U.S.) in Dallas, Texas. She represents clients in significant and often high-profile business disputes and in significant employment matters involving claims of race, disability, gender and age discrimination, sexual harassment and in litigation involving business torts, trade secrets, non-compete, and non-solicitation and employment agreements. She has successfully tried cases to jury and non-jury verdicts in state and federal courts around the country and has handled appeals before federal and Texas appellate courts.

Ms. Askew is a long-time leader in the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, and Dallas Bar Association. In 2022, the Texas Minority Council Program of the State Bar of Texas recognized her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work on diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession. She leads the Texas delegation in the ABA House of Delegates and is a past chair of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, the first lawyer of color to serve as chair, and is a former chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. She is an emeritus member of the Council and the Membership Committee of The American Law Institute (ALI) and has chaired key ALI committees. She currently serves on ALI’s Development Committee.

Ms. Askew has written numerous articles and frequently speaks on discovery, evidentiary, business litigation, and employment law topics, and has received the Gene Cavin Award, the highest recognition
from the State Bar of Texas for contributions to continuing legal education.

Ms. Askew has been recognized for her trailblazing legal career and community service. The Dallas Business Journal recently listed her as one of the Texas 100: Top 100 Influential People to watch in Dallas and D CEO Magazine named her one of the Dallas 500 (Top Business Leaders) since 2015.

Since 2005, Lawdragon listed her as one of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” and named her to its Hall of Fame in 2022. Lawdragon named her as one of its Inaugural 500 Leading Litigators in America for 2023. Benchmark has frequently named her one of the “Top 250 Women In Litigation.”

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