Atty. Bobbie Grace Bayless

LEGAL PRACTICE

• Admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1980 Admitted to State Bar of Colorado, 1992 Partner, Bayless & Stokes, 1983 to present Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1986
• Recertified in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011 Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1993
• Recertified in 1998, 2003, and 2008 Board Certified by National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy, 2012 Admitted to practice before the U.S
• Supreme Court
• U.S
• Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits
• and the Texas U.S
• District Courts PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES: State Bar of Texas Women in the Profession Committee, 1991-1993 Houston Bar Association Director, 1988-1994
• 1995-1999 President's Award for Outstanding Service, 1988-89 Houston Lawyer Referral Service, Inc. Chair and President, 1995-1996 Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee Chair and President, Dispute Resolution Center, 1992-1993 Judicial Liaison Committee Chair, 1991-92 Tennis Tournament Committee, 1983-1985 Chair, 1985-1989 Houston Lawyer Editorial Board, 1994-1998 Guest Editor, Special Historical Issue: 125 years of Justice, Service, Professionalism (September/October 1995) Pictoral Roster Committee, Chair, 1998-1999 Speakers Bureau Committee, Chair, 1997-1998 Long Range Planning Committee, 1994-1995 Finance Committee, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1997-1998 HBA-HYLA Harris County Bench Book Committee, 1991-1998 HBA Bench/Bar Conference Committee, 1993, 1995 CLE Committee, 1985-1992 Membership Services Committee, 1992-1993 Staff & Staffing Committee, 1992-1993 Buildings and Facilities Committee, 1988-1989 Master, American Inns of Court, Garland Walker Inn of Court, 1995-1999 Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit fellow, Texas Bar Foundation fellow, Houston Bar Foundation LEGAL TEACHING POSITIONS: Adjunct Professor, Pre-Trial Litigation, University of Houston, Spring and Fall, 1996 SPEAKER: “Receiverships and Bankruptcy in Divorce”, Family Law Practice Seminar, University of Houston, 2000 “Collecting Judgments”, Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 2000 “Bankruptcy in Divorce”, 25th Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course 1999 “When Worlds Collide Divorce vs
• Bankruptcy”, 14th Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1998 “Divorce and Bankruptcy”, 2nd Annual University of Texas Marital Property Institute, 1998 “Bankruptcy meets State Court”, 17th Annual University of Texas Bankruptcy Conference, 1998 “Divorce-Marital Obligations in Bankruptcy”, 23rd Annual Stetson University School of Law Bankruptcy Law & Practice Seminar, Florida, 1998 “Dynamics Between State Court Actions and Bankruptcy Proceedings
• Abstention
• Impact of Bankruptcies on State Court Receiverships
• Section 544(b) Voiding Power”, 23rd Annual Stetson University School of Law Bankruptcy Law & Practice Seminar, Florida, 1998 “Bankruptcy and Divorce”, 16th Annual University of Texas Bankruptcy Conference, 1997 "Collecting Judgments"
• Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 1997 "Divorce & Bankruptcy"
• Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 1996 "Collecting Judgments"
• Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 1995 "Using the Turnover Statute to Collect Your Hard-Earned Money"
• South Texas College of Law
• Family Law for the General Practitioner and Legal Assistant, 1995 "Turnover Documents"
• University of Houston, Collection: Drafting Documents for a Collections Practice, 1993 "Fraudulent Transfers: Elements, Pleadings, Proof and Remedies"
• University of Houston, Collecting Debts and Judgments Institute, San Antonio and Houston, 1991
• Dallas and Houston, 1992
• Houston, 1993
• Houston, 1994 "Fraudulent Transfers"
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Creditors' Rights Seminar, Dallas, 1991 "Counteracting the Abusive Debtor's `Estate Planning'"
• Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 1991 "Use of Receiverships in Judgment Collection"
• Houston Bar Association, Spring Seminar, 1990 "Trustee Powers Under Bankruptcy"
• Oklahoma Bar Association, 4th Annual Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar, 1989 "How to Find, Prove and Set Aside Fraudulent Transfers"
• Houston Bar Association, Fall Seminar, 1987
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Houston, 1987
• Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1987 PUBLICATIONS: Fraudulent Transfers in Texas, 39-OCTHous.Law.28 Arbitration: Texas Supreme Court Orders Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement, 33-FEBHous.Law8 FED

Civil Procedure

• Fifth Circuit Examines Documentation Needed to Support Attorney’s Fees, 33-DECHous.Law9 Sexual Harassment: Fifth Circuit Confirms Reasonable Person Standard in Title VII Hostile Work Environment Cases, 33-AUGHous.Law21 Employment Law: Supreme Court Clarifies Impact of After-Acquired Evidence of Terminated Employee’s Wrongdoing in Discrimination Actions, 32-APRHous.Law14 Fraudulent Conveyances in Texas, The Houston Lawyer, January-February, 1988 Olivarez v
• Broadway Hardware, Inc.: The Decline of Mutuality in Collateral Estoppel, 20 South Texas Law Journal, 193

PERSONAL

Born Overton, Texas on June 20, 1954 Resident, West University Place, Harris County, Texas, 1977 present Director, Alumni Board of Rice University, 1986-1989 Founder/First President, Rice University Business & Professional Women, 1985-87