Business Litigation; Securities Litigation and Arbitration; Labor and Employment ; Insurance Litigation

Ms. Luebker has an active plaintiff and defense practice in business, securities, intellectual property, and labor litigation. She focuses her insurance litigation on defending national insurance companies on first-party insurance claims for life, health, and disability carriers. Ms. Luebker has successfully defended class action lawsuits, prosecuted and defended employment discrimination cases and non-competition agreements, and handled securities claims on behalf of international clients under federal and state securities laws.

Ms. Luebker is at home in the courtroom and enjoys a spirited debate, but is equally committed to using alternative dispute resolution procedures and her own ingenuity to find solutions to legal disputes. By staying attuned to her clients’ business objectives, analyzing the opposition’s motivations, and exploring options, she has successfully negotiated many settlements on behalf of her business clients and prevailed in court when an alternative solution could not be reached.

Her clients have included international financial consulting firms, brokerage firms, technology consulting firms, an internet sales company, retail establishments, and major life, health, credit, and disability insurance companies.

• Ms. Luebker has successfully obtained injunctive relief for clients that precluded multiple class actions from simultaneously occurring in different jurisdictions and defeated class certification in industry class actions.
• Ms. Luebker has repeatedly prosecuted securities claims on behalf of international investment firms through litigation and informal settlements.
• Ms. Luebker has negotiated many settlements and prevailed on the merits of multiple ERISA and employment disputes.
• Ms. Luebker has defended her client’s trademark, servicemark, and copyrighted materials in both state and federal court.

JD, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, cum laude, 1991

• Order of the Coif
• Order of the Barristers
• Research Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1989-1991
• Chief Counsel, Moot Court Board, 1990-1991
• Outstanding First Year Law Student

BA, University of Central Arkansas, magna cum laude, 1988

Named a Texas Super Lawyer (Texas Monthly, 2006 and 2007)

• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of Oklahoma
• Dallas Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Attorneys Serving the Community
• Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
• The Defense Research Institute

Panelist on topic of Corporate Crisis Management - August 29, 2006 for Association of Corportate Counsel, Fort Worth Chapter

Panelist on topic of Corporate Crisis Management - August 17, 2006 for Association of Corporate Counsel, Dallas Chapter

How Proposed Administrative and Legislative FMLA Changes Will Affect Your Organization and Current Litigation Trends, Sponsored by Council on Education in Management 2006

Author, The 1992 European Unification: Effects in the Air Transport Industry, 56 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 589 (1990)