Stacy Rogers Sharp is a litigation attorney focusing on legal research, writing and civil procedure. She practices at the trial and appellate levels in civil matters involving a wide range of disputes including trade secrets, business torts, partnerships and corporations, securities, banking, real property, contracts, insurance, and oil and gas. In addition to her law practice, Stacy has taught legal research and writing at the University of Texas School of Law as a full-time member of the faculty and, most recently, as an adjunct professor.
Stacy began her career clerking for the Honorable Lee Yeakel, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, where she handled a heavy civil docket, then practiced complex commercial trial and appellate litigation at Baker Botts LLP. She served as the 2013-2014 President of the Federal Bar Association’s Austin Chapter and was recently elected as an American Bar Foundation Fellow. She also sits on the State Bar of Texas’s Child Abuse & Neglect Committee. Her publications and papers include:
“Texas Business Torts: Recent Developments in Claims and Remedies,” Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference (Nov. 2017) (with Karen C. Burgess).
“Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,” State Bar of Texas Annual Summer School Course (July 2018) (with Karen C. Burgess)
“Crafting Responses to Counterarguments: Learning from the Swing-Vote Cases,” 10 Legal Comm. & Rhetoric (Fall 2013).
“The Limited Exceptions to Limitations in Oil and Gas Cases,” 57 The Advocate 63 (Winter 2011).
“Retroactive Laws: When Never Means Sometimes,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel Conference (March 2009) (with Thomas R. Phillips).
Stacy is admitted to practice in Texas, the District Court for the Western District of Texas, and Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. A 2006 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Stacy was named a Chancellor, served on the Texas Law Review, and received a Texas Law Fellowship. She also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court.
A former teacher, Stacy taught math and science in Honduras, the South Bronx, and Austin before practicing law. She now serves on the Alamo Heights School District’s Education Advisory Council. She is fluent in Spanish. Stacy is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where she received a B.S. in Mathematics, Spanish, and Educational Studies in 2000.
Outside of practice, Stacy, her husband, and their three children have served as a foster family for children who are removed from their homes for abuse or neglect and they are active members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, San Antonio.