Experience
Corinne brings trial advocacy and juvenile law expertise to the firm. After law school, Corinne spent two years training at Georgetown University Law Center in one of the most intensive criminal trial advocacy programs in the country. While there, she taught trial advocacy and juvenile/criminal law issues in Georgetown’s Juvenile Justice Clinic. She has represented both adults and juveniles in multiple counties in Texas, as well as in the District of Columbia. In addition to trial work, Corinne has also assisted students in school disciplinary hearings from elementary school to high school, and at the university level. Corinne has also worked on a policy level with the Austin Independent School District on issues of school safety and with the Texas Youth Commission on issues pertaining to juvenile sex offender registration. Corinne speaks on issues of constitutional and legal rights to high school and college students, and presents on basic issues of juvenile law to civil attorneys around the Austin area. She has written extensively on issues of “zero tolerance” in schools and the unfortunate shift of school discipline toward the Juvenile Justice System.
Professional Qualifications & Affiliations
Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A. in Women’s Studies, 1995); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1999); Prettyman/Stiller Fellowship, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2001; Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Criminal Trial Advocacy, 2005).
Honors & Awards:
Stanford Law School Public Interest Fellow – 1998-1999;
Lisa M. Schnitzer Scholarship, Stanford Law School 1997.
Memberships:
State Bar of Texas, Juvenile Law Section, District of Columbia;
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Travis County Women Lawyers Association, Austin Young Lawyers Association, Young Woman’s Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Austin Independent School District Safety Task Force, 2003-2004.
Trial Skills Training:
Texas Criminal Trial College, 2001; Prettyman/Stiller Fellowship Trial Training, Georgetown University Law Center, 1999-2001.
Publications & Presentations
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Special Education Issues
and the Juvenile Justice System
in Texas, Privacy Issues
and the Protection of Mentally
Ill Clients, State Bar of Texas,
June 2008.
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If I Get Pulled Over, Should
I Take A Breath Test?,
Fish & Richardson P.C., March
2008.
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What to Do When, Private Reception, Austin, TX., Feb. 2008.
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How to Protect Yourself: Alcohol and Legal Rights and Responsibilities, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, University of Texas, Feb. 2008.
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If I Get Pulled Over, Should I Take A Breath Test?, Austin Young Lawyers Association, Jan. 2008.
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How to Protect Yourself: Alcohol and Legal Rights and Responsibilities, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, University of Texas, Nov. 2007.
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How to Protect Yourself: Alcohol and Legal Rights and Responsibilities, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, University of Texas, Oct. 2007.
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How to Protect Yourself: Alcohol and Legal Rights and Responsibilities, Chi Omega Sorority, University of Texas, Oct. 2007.
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Author, L.L.M. Thesis Paper, Georgetown University Law Center, Reversing the Tide of Zero Tolerance: Empowering Schools and the Juvenile Justice System to Shift School Discipline Back to Campus, Perspectives from Austin Texas, 2005.
Community
Corinne is on the Board of Advisors for Kula Yoga and she is a Parent Volunteer at Saint David’s Day School.
Off-The-Record
Although now a devoted Austinite, Corinne is a native of Northern California. She is vegetarian, practices yoga, runs Town Lake, and has served as an informal doula for several friends’ births. She loves camping, swimming and salsa dancing. She and her husband and law partner, David Gonzalez, have two little girls. |
Corinne Sumpter, Partner, Attorney
Email:
corinne@sg-llp.com
Phone:
512
-381-9955
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