Yelena Seletskaya

Practice Areas:

Real Estate
Business Organizations/Transactions
Litigation, Appellate

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Direct: (210) 228–3619
Office: (210) 225–1655
Fax: (210) 225–8999
Email: yelenas@beclaw.com

EDUCATION

St. Mary’s University School of Law – San Antonio, Texas
Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 2005, summa cum laude

• Dean’s List; Top Grade in Oil and Gas, Family law, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, and Criminal Law classes
• Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Journal on Minority Issues, Staff Writer (2004–2005)
• Recipient of George W. Brackenridge Foundation Scholarship, Academic Excellence – Law Scholarship, Robert Hobbs and Brenda Jolene Kaufman Endowed Memorial Scholarship
• Double Octa Finalist and Best Speaker in 3rd Round of Moot Court Competition
• Member of John M. Harlan Society, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Women’s Law Association, and Christian Legal Society

University of Texas San Antonio – San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice, May 2002, cum laude
Class Rank in College of Public Policy: 3rd out of 81

EXPERIENCE

Lotz & Associates, L.L.P. – San Antonio, Texas (2006–2007)
Associate Attorney

Participated in personal injury, products liability and medical malpractice cases.

Fourth Court of Appeals – San Antonio, Texas
Briefing Attorney to Honorable Justice Karen Angelini (2005–2006)

Intern to Honorable Justice Karen Angelini (Spring 2004)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – Austin, Texas
Intern to Honorable Justice Cheryl Johnson (Summer 2004)

St. Mary’s School of Law – San Antonio, Texas (2003–06)
Research Assistant to Professor Jeffrey Addicott
Research Fellow & Consultant, Center for Terrorism Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law of Texas – San Antonio, Texas
Intern (Fall 2003)

LANGUAGES

Russian; Polish.

INTERESTS/
MEMBER

Actively involved in Chernobyl Relief Program and “Mission Belarus” charity; member of San Antonio Young Lawyers Association and San Antonio Bar Association Appellate Section.