Overview

Nicole focuses her practice on consumer litigation defense and financial services. She represents her clients, which include credit reporting agencies, fintechs, mortgage servicers, banks, and other financial institutions, in a broad range of commercial litigation matters, in state and federal litigation.  Nicole counsels her clients in matters involving alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Electronic Funds Transfer Act, and statutes prohibiting unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices. Applying her in-house experience, Nicole also works with clients to ensure their compliance with relevant state and federal statutes and regulatory bodies.

Nicole also counsels clients in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, representing debtors, secured lenders, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, trade creditors, third-party purchasers, and landlords. She advises companies navigating financial distress as well as creditors of troubled companies in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, and regularly handles avoidance actions, including preference and fraudulent conveyance claims.

Nicole focuses her practice on consumer litigation defense and financial services. She represents her clients, which include credit reporting agencies, fintechs, mortgage servicers, banks, and other financial institutions, in a broad range of commercial litigation matters, in state and federal litigation.  Nicole counsels her clients in matters involving alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Electronic Funds Transfer Act, and statutes prohibiting unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices. Applying her in-house experience, Nicole also works with clients to ensure their compliance with relevant state and federal statutes and regulatory bodies.

Nicole also counsels clients in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, representing debtors, secured lenders, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, trade creditors, third-party purchasers, and landlords. She advises companies navigating financial distress as well as creditors of troubled companies in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, and regularly handles avoidance actions, including preference and fraudulent conveyance claims.

  • Board member, Dallas Women Lawyers Association
  • Board of Directors, JL Turner Legal Association
  • Life fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • Ally, Dallas Women Lawyers Foundation
  • Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network
  • Junior League of Dallas
  • Deputy general counsel – Litigation/Legal Risk, American First Finance, 2019-2025
  • Senior vice president, Ethics Attorney, Citibank, 2017-2019
  • Intern, Office of General Counsel, Merrill Lynch, 2006

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2009, managing board, Virginia Law and Business Review
  • Cornell University, B.S., 2006

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit