Ms. Finston regularly advises clients regarding executive compensation and governance matters, such as SEC disclosure and filing issues, shareholder approval issues and proxy disclosure requirements involving compensatory arrangements. She also provides legal counsel on health plan regulatory concerns, including HIPAA compliance issues and Medicare coordination of benefit matters.
Felicia is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2011 and Who's Who Legal: Texas, 2007-2008. She was honored by Best Lawyers- as 2011 Dallas Employee Benefits Lawyer of the Year (Best Lawyers-Methodology for Selection). She has also been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Employee Benefits/ERISA Law, 2004-2010, by Thomson Reuters; and one of the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers, 2007 through 2010, by Thomson Reuters; as well as one of the Top 100 Texas Lawyers, 2007 through 2010, by Thomson Reuters. D Magazine named Felicia one of the "Best Lawyers in Dallas" in ERISA Law, 2007-2011 and one of the "Top 50 Women Lawyers," in 2010. In 2003, the Bureau National Affairs recognized her as a "Distinguished Author".
Previous Law Firm Experience: Vinson & Elkins LLP, April 1998 through February 2008
Baker Botts LLP, February 2008 through February 2011
Education:
J.D. (with honors), University of New Mexico School of Law, 1986
M.S. (with honors), Human Resources Management, University of Utah, 1983
B.S. (magna cum laude), Business (Human Resource Management), Arizona State University, 1982
Bar Admissions and Affiliations:
State Bar of Texas
Arizona State Bar
American Bar Association
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Fellow
Council of the Gulf Coast TE/GE Council, EP Coordinator
Dallas Bar Association
Southwest Benefits Association, Board of Directors Program Chair
Adjunct Professor, Southern Methodist Dedman School of Law
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