About Anna
Anna has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state courts, federal courts, and arbitrations throughout the United States. She has accumulated significant first-chair trial experience in business disputes, representing both large and small companies, environmental and products liability cases, and in restructuring-related litigation, representing both debtors and creditors. Chambers describes her as “a go-to litigator in energy-sector disputes” with one source describing her as an ‘exceptional advocate’” and another noting “Anna is always well prepared and her strong demeanor in the courtroom makes her a formidable opponent.” She also advises boards, in house counsel and company executives on litigation and corporate governance considerations, in close collaboration with the firm’s transactional attorneys. According to Chambers, clients value her “well-reasoned and extremely practical advice.” A Texas Lawyer “Woman in Energy,” Anna has played a leading role in hallmark cases shaping the energy industry in recent years. In 2018, Law360 named her to its list of “10 Influential Women in Energy.”A graduate of Harvard Law School, Anna has been honored as one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 100 Trial Attorneys” in the country and as one of its “Top 250 Women in Litigation.” She has also been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for her work in antitrust litigation. Anna clerked for the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis on the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland.Anna is an active leader in the legal community, having served as president of the Federal Bar Association for the Southern District of Texas and of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Houston. She is currently the co-vice chair of the Houston chapter of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum. Within Kirkland, Anna leads the Women’s Leadership Initiative in the Houston office and serves on the Firmwide Administration Committee, Associate and Partner Compensation Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Special Fee Arrangements Committee.
Anna has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state courts, federal courts, and arbitrations throughout the United States. She has accumulated significant first-chair trial experience in business disputes, representing both large and small companies, environmental and products liability cases, and in restructuring-related litigation, representing both debtors and creditors. Chambers describes her as “a go-to litigator in energy-sector disputes” with one source describing her as an ‘exceptional advocate’” and another noting “Anna is always well prepared and her strong demeanor in the courtroom makes her a formidable opponent.” She also advises boards, in house counsel and company executives on litigation and corporate governance considerations, in close collaboration with the firm’s transactional attorneys. According to Chambers, clients value her “well-reasoned and extremely practical advice.” A Texas Lawyer “Woman in Energy,” Anna has played a leading role in hallmark cases shaping the energy industry in recent years. In 2018, Law360 named her to its list of “10 Influential Women in Energy.”A graduate of Harvard Law School, Anna has been honored as one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 100 Trial Attorneys” in the country and as one of its “Top 250 Women in Litigation.” She has also been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for her work in antitrust litigation. Anna clerked for the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis on the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland.Anna is an active leader in the legal community, having served as president of the Federal Bar Association for the Southern District of Texas and of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Houston. She is currently the co-vice chair of the Houston chapter of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum. Within Kirkland, Anna leads the Women’s Leadership Initiative in the Houston office and serves on the Firmwide Administration Committee, Associate and Partner Compensation Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Special Fee Arrangements Committee.
Anna has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state courts, federal courts, and arbitrations throughout the United States. She has accumulated significant first-chair trial experience in business disputes, representing both large and small companies, environmental and products liability cases, and in restructuring-related litigation, representing both debtors and creditors. Chambers describes her as “a go-to litigator in energy-sector disputes” with one source describing her as an ‘exceptional advocate’” and another noting “Anna is always well prepared and her strong demeanor in the courtroom makes her a formidable opponent.” She also advises boards, in house counsel and company executives on litigation and corporate governance considerations, in close collaboration with the firm’s transactional attorneys. According to Chambers, clients value her “well-reasoned and extremely practical advice.” A Texas Lawyer “Woman in Energy,” Anna has played a leading role in hallmark cases shaping the energy industry in recent years. In 2018, Law360 named her to its list of “10 Influential Women in Energy.”
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Anna has been honored as one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 100 Trial Attorneys” in the country and as one of its “Top 250 Women in Litigation.” She has also been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for her work in antitrust litigation. Anna clerked for the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis on the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland.
Anna is an active leader in the legal community, having served as president of the Federal Bar Association for the Southern District of Texas and of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Houston. She is currently the co-vice chair of the Houston chapter of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum. Within Kirkland, Anna leads the Women’s Leadership Initiative in the Houston office and serves on the Firmwide Administration Committee, Associate and Partner Compensation Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Special Fee Arrangements Committee.
