Casey Ball
cball@mbssmartlaw.com

Counsel, Soderstrom Law

Associate, Schiffer Odom Hicks & Johnson

Law Clerk to the Hon. Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

J.D., Pepperdine University

B.A., with honors, Hamline University

Admission, State Bar of Texas

Casey Ball

Federal appellate clerkships help lawyers understand how appellate judges think and operate—which is one reason those clerkships are so coveted. Clerks typically have one year to learn the appellate process behind the scenes, but Casey spent eight years as law clerk to a Fifth Circuit judge—giving her a uniquely robust understanding of appeals. During her tenure, Casey was responsible for more than 1000 appeals—civil and criminal, involving myriad federal-law and state-law issues. She’s read thousands of briefs, prepared her judge for and participated in hundreds of panel or en banc oral arguments, and drafted scores of judicial opinions. And all of that work was enhanced by her own private practice as a civil litigator in Texas litigation boutiques. Your lawyer’s insight into how appellate judges and courts work is invaluable when your case is on appeal—and Casey has that insight in spades.