Mary Schaerdel Dietz

Mary Dietz focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters. Mrs. Dietz has handled high profile cases and is well-versed in a multitude of emphases involving commercial and business litigation, such as the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, construction law, contract law, open records act, administrative law and mediation. Recently, she has been involved in multi-million dollar class action suits, e-discovery and e-production issues, Stark, Anti-Kick Back and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act internal client investigations, and federal grand jury document subpoena matters. She has extensive experience in extraordinary remedy practice, specifically in injunctions and garnishments. Mrs. Dietz has handled numerous theft of trade secret and non-competition suits, and is also a trained and recognized mediator. She has handled many regulatory matters for clients with state agencies and boards.

Professional Background
Mrs. Dietz was one of the first female civil litigators in the Waco, Texas community. Mrs. Dietz tried over 22 jury cases in her first three years of practice, and her early success was only the beginning of an outstanding career as a lawyer, leader, mentor and volunteer. She has practiced for more than 29 years and has handled cases in Texas and across the United States. Before joining the firm, Mrs. Dietz was a partner in a large international law firm for more than 15 years, where she handled complex litigation cases, headed the firm's litigation section mentoring program and was co-coordinator of the work-life balance program.

• Austin Bar Association
• Board of Directors (former)
• Judicial Affairs Committee
• Bench Bar Committee, past chair
• Diversity in the Profession Committee
• Continuing Legal Education Committee
• Bar & Grill Finance Committee, past chair
• American Board of Trial Advocates, current President-Elect of Tex-ABOTA, Tex-ABOTA Vice President 2011, Tex-ABOTA
• Treasurer 2010, Austin ABOTA Chapter: President 2007-2010; past membership chair, 2004-2005; vice president, 2005-2007
• State Bar of Texas, State Bar Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting the Bar Committee
• 2004 5th Circuit Judicial Conference, committee co-chair
• Travis County Settlement Week, mediator
• Austin Chamber of Commerce, Legislative Committee
• Austin Bar Foundation, Director
• Robert W. Calvert Inns of Court, Master
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating for more than 15 years
• Member, Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA); serving on Regional Issues & Transportation subcommittees
• The Center for Women in Law Annual Leadership Boot Camp Faculty 2009 & 2010
• Volunteer, Mobile Loaves and Fishes
  

• "The Best Lawyers in America," Commercial Litigation, 2007-2012
• "Best of Business and Corporate Law," Austin Business Journal, 2004
• "Texas Super Lawyer" in Business Litigation Law, Texas Monthly, 2003, 2005 - 2012
  
• Travis County Women's Lawyer's Association Litigator of the Year Award, 2003
• Austin Bar Association and Austin Bar Foundation Award in appreciation for her volunteer service on the Board of Directors of the Austin Bar Foundation from 2004-2011
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), National Chapter of the Year 2009, Austin Chapter President
• Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent^TM  for over 15 years. Peer Review Rating