Lizzie Pannill represents both plaintiffs and defendants in general commercial litigation. She has experience in complex civil litigation, including securities, antitrust, employment, and business contract and tort disputes. She has represented individuals and businesses in class actions, shareholder derivative cases, and general litigation in state and federal courts as well as in arbitration proceedings.
Lizzie graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio in 1997 and The College of William & Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law in Virginia in 2006, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Law Review.
After graduating from William & Mary, she joined the litigation section of Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston. Lizzie joined Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C. in June 2009.
EDUCATION
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Kenyon College, A.B., magna cum laude, with highest departmental honors in History, 1997. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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College of William & Mary, J.D., 2006.
HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
- Received Texas Appleseed’s 2007 Award for Pro Bono Services
- William and Mary Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
- William & Mary Graduate Research Fellow
- Received William & Mary Gambrell Professionalism Award
- Received Kenyon College Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
PUBLICATIONS
"Flashing Yellow Lights on the Road to E-Discovery," Submission to West LegalWorks Seminar on Electronic Discovery After the New Federal Rules (September 2007) (co-author).
