Slagle, Tessa
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Tessa Slagle graduated from the University of Texas in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government, graduating with high honors. She later received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 2024. While in law school, Tessa focused on alternative dispute resolution by serving on a negotiation team and earning her Texas Mediation Certificate. Before joining the firm, Tessa served as a judicial law clerk for the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, where she further developed her legal research and writing skills.
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2024
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- J.D. - 05/2024
- Honors: GPA 3.09
- Honors: Texas Review of Law & Politics, Staff Editor, January 2022–May 2024
- Honors: Texas Mediation Certificate, 2024
- Honors: Dean’s Achievement Award: Outstanding Student in Elder Law, Fall 2023
- Honors: ABA Young Lawyers Regional Negotiation Competition, 2023 Texas Law Team Member
- The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 05/2019
- Honors: High Honors in Government
- Honors: Student Government Supreme Court, Associate Justice
- Honors: University of Texas Triathlon Club
- Honors: Sponsorship Chair
- Honors: Campus-Wide Election Board, Member
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
- Laura Dale & Associates, P.C., Associate Attorney, Houston, Texas, August 2026–Present
- United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Rapid City, South Dakota, Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Magistrate Judges Daneta Wollmann & Mark Haigh, August 2024–July 2026
- City of Corpus Christi, City Attorney’s Office, Corpus Christi, Texas, Legal Intern, May 2023–August 2023, December 2023–January 2024
- Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, Texas, Legal Intern, January 2023–April 2023
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Judicial Intern, May 2022–July 2022
- Colorado Judicial Branch, Greeley, Colorado, Court Judicial Assistant, Division 8 County Court, May 2021–August 2021
- Colorado State Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, Denver, Colorado, Legislative Aide, September 2019–January 2021
- Olsen Legal Group, LLC, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Legal Assistant, May 2019–August 2019
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