Baylor Law School — Professor Bridget Fuselier

Faculty Data Sheet

Bridget Fuselier
Associate Professor of Law
Bridget_Fuselier@baylor.edu
254-710-3861
254-710-2817 fax

Courses Taught:

Property I, Property II, Texas Land Practice, Advanced Trial Advocacy Skills

Educational Background:

J.D., magna cum laude, Baylor Law School
B.A., Lamar University

1998
1994

Professional Background:

Associate Professor of Law, Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas
Shareholder, MehaffyWeber, P.C., Beaumont, TexasM
Associate, MehaffyWeber, P.C., Beaumont, Texas

2006 — Present
2005 — 2006
1998 — 2005

Awards & Recognitions:

Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Jefferson County (2006)
First Place Team & Best Orator, George Washington Law School National Security Law Moot Court Competition (1998)
Liddell, Sapp, Zively, Hill & LaBoon Writing Excellence Award (1998)
Matt Dawson Advocacy Award (1999)
Texas Monthly Rising Star (2005 & 2006)

Publications:

The Trouble With Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket: Using a Property Rights Model to Resolve Disputes Over Cryopreserved Embryos, Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Vol. 14, No. 2 (to be published May 2009).

National Board of Bar Examiners, Real Property Drafting Committee, Guest Member (April 2008, September 2008) (responsible for drafting and editing questions for the Multi-state Bar Exam in the area of real property)

Contributing Editor, General Practice Digest, State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Law (published quarterly)

I Didn’t Mean to Fire You Because You’re Old: Recognition of Disparate Impact Age Discrimination, TEXSUPP (2007), available at http://www.texsupp.com/2007

Keeping Up With: Medical Malpractice Expert Reports: American Transitional Care Centers of Texas, Inc. v. Palacios, 39 HOUSTON LAWYER, 37 (Nov. /Dec. 2001).

Expert Report Requirement Weeds out Frivolous Lawsuits, TEXAS LAWYER, April 9, 2001 at 25.

Bridget M. Fuselier, Section 15.062 vs. 15.0641: Which Provision Controls in Third party Practice?, 51 BAYLOR L. REV. 1, 1 (1999).

Bridget M. Fuselier, Note, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital vs. Agbor: The End of Negligent Credentialing, 50 BAYLOR L. REV. 1, 251 (1998).

Speeches

Smith v. city of Jackson, Miss.: Disparate Impact Under the ADEA
Southeast Texas Association of Paralegals
Beaumont, Texas, April 2006

Smith v. City of Jackson, Miss.: Disparate Impact Under the ADEA
Southeast Texas Human Resources Association
Beaumont, Texas, August 2005

Medical Malpractice Litigation in Texas
Southeast Texas Association of Legal Assistants Professional Development Seminar
Beaumont, Texas, August 2002

Hospital Liability Update
Jefferson County Bar Association Medical Malpractice CLE Seminar
Beaumont, Texas, 2002

Privileges-What Are They and How Do They Apply?
Jefferson County Bar Association Medical Malpractice CLE Seminar
Beaumont, Texas, 2001

Medical Malpractice Update 1997-1999
Jefferson County Bar Association Medical Malpractice CLE Seminar
Beaumont, Texas, 1999

New Discovery Rules & Hospital Privileges
CHRISTUS Health Seminar
Houston, Texas, 1999

Pulmonary Negligence-A Mock Trial
Pulmonology Continuing Education Seminar
Beaumont, Texas, 1998

Civic Involvement

The Legal Assistance Project, Waco, Texas

Jefferson County Bar Association

Director
JCYLA Representative
Editor, Jefferson County Bar Journal
Law Day Committee
Social Committee

Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association

Immediate Past President
President
President-Elect
Secretary
Director
Editor, Concurring Opinions
ABA Award of Achievement, 2nd Place Newsletter
State Bar of Texas Award of Achievement, 1st Place Newsletter
High School Mock Trial Competition Judge
Crossing the Line Program Presenter

Texas Young Lawyers Association, State Moot Court Competition Committee
Jefferson County Pro Bono Board

Jefferson County Pro Bono Fundraiser Committee
Advertising and Registration Committee Chair

National Adoption Day Program Attorney

Jefferson County Pro Bono Program Attorney

Evelyn M. Lord Teen Court Board

Michelle F. Mehaffy Inns of Court

Beaumont Junior League

Beaumont Weed and Seed, Steering Committee

Southeast Texas Family Resource Center Board

Beaumont Crime Stoppers Board

Leadership Beaumont Class of 2001, Nominating Committee

St. Thomas Moore Society

Treasurer
Red Mass Luncheon Chair

2006 — present

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Interests:

Professor Fuselier enjoys spending time with her children, baseball, golf, and reading.

Family

Ms. Fuselier is married to Paul J. Fuselier and they have two children.