Tonya Parker
Partner

(214) 665-4152
tparker@adorno.com

Practice Groups
Litigation

Tonya Parker

Ms. Parker’s principal area of practice is commercial business litigation, including suits that involve premises liability, products liability, negligence, business torts, and contract disputes. Her experience further includes drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, including employment agreements, non-compete/non-disclosure agreements, and construction contracts.

EXPERIENCE

• Litigation

EDUCATION

• Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, J.D., 1998
• University of North Texas, B.A., 1994

ADMISSIONS

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington D.C
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Marshall Memorial Fellow for 2005
• Dallas Bar Association Award of Excellence (2004)
• J.L. Turner Legal Association's President's Award (2003)
• Dallas Bar Association’s Outstanding Minority Bar Leader Award (2002)
• The Order of the Barristers (Inducted in 1998)
• John E. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Recipient for
• Service to Law School Community (1998)
• Champion and Best Oral Advocate Award, Vial Hamilton Koch Knox Mock Trial Competition (1998)
• National Champion, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition (1997)

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Sticks and Stones Can Break Your Bones But Words May Get You Sued: A Look At Business
• Defamation and Disparagement Claims, presented at WOMEN THAT SOAR SMALL BUSINESS LUNCHEON, August 2003.
• Public Construction Contracts in Texas, presented at DFW AIRPORT’S TENTH ANNUAL SMALL CONTRACTORS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP (SCDT WORKSHOP), February 2002 (with H. Ron White).
• What Your Employees Know Can Hurt You: Use A Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreement to Protect Trade Secrets, DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL, June 15, 2001.
• What Your Employees Know Can Hurt You!, WWW.LAW.COM, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PRACTICE CENTER, April 18, 2001.
• The Franchise Enterprise: Investigate Before You Invest, MINORITY OPPORTUNITY NEWS, September 2000.
• All Rise!: Reflections on My First Jury Trial, THE DICTA, (DAYL Publication) July, 2000.
• Student-Athlete Sexual Violence Against Women: Defining the Limits of Institutional Responsibility, WASHINGTON & LEE LAW REVIEW, Vol. 55, No. 1, Winter 1998 (with Tim Davis).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Dallas Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• J.L. Turner Legal Association
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• American Bar Association