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Elizabeth W.
De Leon

Position
Associate
Office
Houston

Elizabeth De Leon is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and a member of the bankruptcy & restructuring team.


Elizabeth represents clients in a broad range of bankruptcy-related matters, including insolvencies, restructurings, reorganizations, and out-of-court workouts.

Prior to joining Jones Walker, Elizabeth served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Meredith S. Grabill of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. While in law school, she clerked for Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth of the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas, Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, and the US Trustee Program. Outside of litigation and bankruptcy, Elizabeth also served as a law clerk for the general counsel of a global services company for one year.

Graduating in the top 5% of her class from Texas A&M University School of Law, Elizabeth was senior articles editor of the Texas A&M Law Review, Vol. 8, in which she is a published author. She also was a Public Interest Fellowship recipient for her work at Legal Aid as a research assistant.

Publications

  • "The Opioid Crisis or Climate Change: Which Is More Likely to Succeed Under the Tobacco Litigation Model?" 8 TEX. A&M L. REV. ARGUENDO 27, 2021
  • "Wind Energy Legislation Strategies for the Lone Star State," 10 INQUIRIES J. 1, 2018

Memberships

  • International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Member
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Turnaround Management Association Houston, Member
Houston
Suite 2900
811 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
D: 713.437.1830
F: 713.437.1810
Emailedeleon@joneswalker.com
Dallas
6th Floor
5960 Berkshire Lane
Dallas, TX 75225
D: 214.459.9684

Education

  • Texas A&M University School of Law
    JD, magna cum laude, 2021
    Senior Articles Editor, Texas A&M Law Review; Public Interest Fellowship
  • Texas Tech University
    BA, Honors Arts and Letters with minors in Math and Engineering, cum laude, 2018
    Work-Study Program, University of Ulsan, South Korea, Mechanical Engineering Department

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Related Practices

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring
  • Litigation
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