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Afton Sands-Puryear
Associate
Legal Experience
Ms. Sands-Puryear is a member of the Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring Section of the Firm. She represents debtors and secured lenders in chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy filings. She also has experience representing parties in state and federal court in various commercial litigation matters. She represents entities in actions for breach of contract, suit on sworn account, and breach of promissory note and assists with post-judgment collection actions; and presents related oral arguments.
Selected Representative Experience
- Successfully mediated case involving fraud and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty between government entity and loan broker
Education
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, Texas Tech University School of Law, 2007
- Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Schreiner University, 2004
Professional Licenses
- Attorney at Law, Texas, 2007
Court Admissions
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Prior Professional Experience
- Dennis R. Reeves, Attorney at Law, Lubbock, Texas, Law Clerk: May 2005 - May 2006; August 2006 - July 2007
- The Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Law Clerk, Summer 2006
- The Honorable Jeff Bohm, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge, Judicial Intern, May Summer 2006
Speeches and Publications
- "New Players in the Bankruptcy Sandbox: Subprime Mortgages, Real Estate Securitizations,and Hedge Funds" with Patricia Baron Tomasco and Scott K. Brown, Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference for the Western District of Texas, June 2008, Co-Author
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Travis County Women Lawyers Association
- Austin Bar Association
- Austin Young Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, attorney for pro bono bankruptcy cases
Honors
- 2007 Recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
- 2006 and 2007 Duberstein Bankruptcy National Moot Court Team