Maria Camila Dickerson
Associate
Overview
Maria Camila Dickerson is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office and a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. Ms. Dickerson's litigation experience includes drafting pleadings, drafting motions, discovery management and witness preparation. Ms. Dickerson represents clients in a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, real estate, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare and energy. She has handled cases across a broad range of legal issues, including complex commercial disputes, breach of contract, sovereign immunity, trademark infringement and trade secret litigation.
During law school, Ms. Dickerson interned with a well-known oilfield services company, where she assisted in corporate governance, regularly communicated with various state departments throughout the U.S. regarding entity conversions, and drafted powers of attorney for employees abroad to represent the company in litigation. In addition, she was a notes and comments editor for the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal.
Representative Experience
- Member of team that represented a commercial electrical vehicle (EV) developer and manufacturer in obtaining a motion to dismiss on a forum non conveniens challenge regarding a $7.8 billion trade secrets lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas that involved two Israel-based competitors in the EV technology industry
Credentials
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., cum laude
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A.,
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
- English
- Spanish