Veteran trial lawyer and appellate advocate, Linda Broocks, resolves serious commercial and personal injury claims, complex securities disputes, toxic tort and premises liability claims, real estate controversies, and employment-related lawsuits. She also advises on securities regulatory issues and represents clients before myriad administrative bodies, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Linda remains grounded in substance and fact allowing her to mitigate contention and clear a viable path to resolution – be it through carefully curated negotiation, via ADR, at trial, and/or on appeal. Fact-based, understated, and dedicated to the highest ethical standards, Linda believes in continuously earning her credibility and steadfast reputation for serving as a formidable, effective, and adaptable advocate at the pinnacle of her career. This is among the many reasons her clients, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to individuals, return again and again to resolve their most difficult and big-ticket disputes.
Whether serving as lead or local counsel, Linda takes pride in her work and is personally satisfied when she navigates clients through and beyond the stress and acrimony associated with problematic single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and multi-state claims, class actions, and MDLs. Having earned her Texas Board of Legal Specialization certifications in Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law, Linda is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Linda has been a certified mediator since 2005 and has additionally been certified as a family law mediator. She is also an arbitrator for FINRA.
In addition to the law, Linda ran a clothing business and worked as an administrator at MD Anderson Hospital coordinating the volunteer program. She also served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge John R. Brown, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1978 to 1979. It was at the very beginning of her legal career that she gained an internal perspective as to how the courts operate and what judges value when hearing cases. She brings this valuable perspective to every case in which she is involved today.
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The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1978
- Note and Comment Editor, Texas Law Review
- Rice University, B.A., 1972
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- West Virginia
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- AV Preeminent-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- “Best Lawyers,” The Best Lawyers in America, 2026
- “Member of the Year,” Southeastern Women in Financial Services, 2018
- “Super Lawyers,” Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2025
- “Premier Woman in the Law,” Association of Women Attorneys, 2018
- “Woman on the Move,” Channel 11 and the Texas Executive Women, Houston Chronicle, 2000