Paula Fisette Sweeney
Paula Fisette Sweeney
Paula Sweeney practices exclusively in the demanding field of Medical Negligence and has done so for decades. She is a fierce advocate for her clients and for trying to improve access to the courts for malpractice victims, both in the Legislature where she has testified multiple times and in the Courts where she has received precedent-setting verdicts and appellate results.
Professional associations include:
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers,
- Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers,
- Fellow the International Society of Barristers.
Elected positions:
- President, Texas Trial Lawyers Association (1998)
- President, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (1991)
- President, ABOTA-Dallas (2000)
- Governor, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Board of Directors, State Bar of Texas.
Appointed positions:
- 15 years on the Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee
- Supreme Court Task Force on Medical Malpractice Discovery,
- Supreme Court Task Force on The Jury Charge
- Chair of the Chief Justice’s Task Force on Judicial Selection Reform.
Honors include:
- “Champion of Justice Award,” Texas Watch, 2022
- Don Bowen Distinguished Lifetime Service Award, TTLA, 2022
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, Dallas Bar Association, 2013
- Legend of Trial Law, Dallas Bar Association, 2012
- Gene Cavin Award for lifetime achievement in supporting Continuing Legal Education, State Bar of Texas, 2019
- Texas Nurses’ Association Health Care Professional of the Year award
- Alumna of Distinction from the University of Dallas
- D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, every year since 2001
- Women of Influence, D Magazine, 2024
- Texas Monthly’s Super Lawyers every year since 2003
- Texas Lawyers’ “Extraordinary Women in Texas Law” (2008)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas (2009)
- Best Lawyers in America (since 1995)
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell (since the mid 80’s)
She is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1986.
Her annual update on Health Care Liability Law has received the State Bar’s “Best CLE Paper” award as well as the Texas Judicial College’s “Best Non-judicial Paper” award.
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