Eliza M. DeWalt

BIOGRAPHY

Eliza DeWalt is an associate in the firm’s Appellate and Litigation sections. Before joining Kelly Hart, she served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Sean D. Jordan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Ms. DeWalt earned her J.D. with honors from The University of Texas School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor for the Texas Review of Law & Politics and was a member of the Texas Law Review. She was elected to the National Order of the Coif for academic excellence. Ms. DeWalt graduated summa cum laude from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in Political Science and a minor in History.

Ms. DeWalt is a member of the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association and the Tarrant County Bar Association.

EXPERIENCES & HIGHLIGHTS

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Sean D. Jordan, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2024-2025

AFFILIATIONS

• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

EDUCATION

• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., honors, 2024
  • Order of the Coif
  • Texas Law Review, Member
  • Texas Review of Law & Politics, Articles Editor
  • Full Tuition Scholarship Recipient
  • Children’s Rights Clinic
  • First-Year Legal Writing Program Teaching Assistant
  • Women’s Law Caucus
• Texas Christian University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2020
  • University Honors Laureate
  • Undergraduate Moot Court Team
  • Study Abroad Semester at the University of Westminster in London, England
  • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas

SPEECHES & PUBLICATIONS

• Author, Justice Scalia: An Originalist’s Non-Originalist Approach to Political Party Cases, Texas Law Review Online, March 2023