Jeremy Counseller
Professor of Law
B.A., Stephen F. Austin State UniveristyM.B.A., Baylor University
J.D., Baylor Law School
Professor Jeremy Counseller joined the faculty of Baylor Law School in 2003. He graduated from Baylor Law School with honors and was a member of the Baylor Law Review, the Order of the Barristers, and the interscholastic moot court and mock trial teams. Professor Counseller also earned an M.B.A. from the Hankamer School of Business and a B.A. summa cum laude from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Following his graduation from law school, Professor Counseller served as a law clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Counseller then entered private practice in Houston, Texas with Bracewell & Patterson, LLP (now Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP) where he was an associate in the trial section.
Professor Counseller’s litigation experience includes the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and commercial cases, but his practice focused on the defense of professional negligence actions. His trial experience includes obtaining one of the first defense verdicts in Texas in an equitable subrogation action brought by an insurance company against a law firm. Mr. Counseller continues to represent clients and consult in matters involving commercial disputes and product defects.
Professor Counseller has authored articles and presented papers on various evidentiary and procedural issues. He is also the co-author and editor of the Handbook of Texas Evidence (Civil Practice), which was published in 2005 and supplemented earlier this year. In 2006, the President of the State Bar of Texas appointed him to serve on the Administration of the Rules of Evidence Committee. He is also the Contributing Evidence Editor of the State Bar of Texas’s General Practice Digest. Jeremy Counseller and Rory Ryan co-authored The Restyling of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A Solution in Search of a Problem, SLIP OPINIONS, WASH. U. LAW REVIEW, located at http://washulrev.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
Professor Counseller teaches numerous courses in the law school’s litigation curriculum, including Civil Procedure, Trial Advocacy, and Conflicts of Law. He is also a coach of the law school’s interscholastic moot court and mock trial teams. In 2005, he was the coach of Baylor Law School’s ATLA National Championship mock trial team.
Professor Counseller is married to Jennifer Paige, who serves as the Director of Children’s Programs at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church. Professor Counseller has two children.
