Tiffanie Clausewitz

About Tiffanie Clausewitz

Ms. Clausewitz, President of the Clausewitz Law Firm, has over 10 years of experience representing individuals and companies from a wide range of industries. Tiffanie?s practice primarily focuses on business law issues, including commercial, employment, & real estate litigation, as well as estate planning & probate and appellate work. Clausewitz handles a wide variety of legal issues and business and commercial disputes involving entity formation and dissolution, labor and employment work, breach of contract, business torts, fiduciary duties, real estate, oil and gas, collection matters, deceptive trade practice, and construction defects. Ms. Clausewitz has an extensive history of commitment to the legal and local communities, with an emphasis on the promotion of women in leadership. A Texas Bar Foundation and San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellow, Ms. Clausewitz is active in several legal and community organizations, including the San Antonio Bar Association, William S. Sessions Inn of Court, IMPACT San Antonio, National Charity League, and Bexar County Women?s Bar Association and Foundation. Ms. Clausewitz currently serves as the founding Director of the Bexar County Women?s Bar Foundation?s LEAD Academy, a leadership program for San Antonio women attorneys. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for both the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and St. George Episcopal School. In 2012, Ms. Clausewitz was awarded the Bexar County Women?s Bar Association?s Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for her contributions to the legal profession and contributions to the community in the form of charitable and volunteer work. In 2014, she was honored as the Outstanding Young Alumnus by the St. Mary's University Law Alumni Association, and in 2017 the San Antonio Business Journal honored her as an Outstanding Lawyer. Ms. Clausewitz has also been recognized multiple years as a Best Business Litigation Attorney by Scene In SA and as a Super Lawyers? Texas Rising Star, and was included in San Antonio Magazine?s inaugural list of Outstanding Attorneys in San Antonio. Education Doctor of Jurisprudence, St. Mary?s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 2008Master of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2004Bachelor of Arts in English, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1996 Bar Admissions State of TexasUnited States District Courts (Western, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas)Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Accolades ? San Antonio Young Lawyers Outstanding Mentor Award (2018)? San Antonio Business Journal Outstanding Lawyer Award (2017)? St. Mary?s University School of Law Distinguished Young Alumnus Award (2014)? Bexar County Women?s Bar Association?s Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award (2012)? San Antonio Magazine Outstanding Lawyer (2019)? Texas Rising Star (2017-2018)? Scene in S.A. Best Lawyers (2015-2019)? Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man & Woman of the Year Campaign Nominee (2013)? National Association of Women in Law Outstanding Student (2008)? St. Mary?s University School of Law?s Adele Advocate for the Poor Award (2008)? St. Mary?s University School of Law First Year Law Student Moot Court Competition Best Brief Award (2006) Associations ? State Bar of Texas (Standing Committee on Women in the Practice of Law, 2014-2016)? San Antonio Bar Association (Appellate Practice Section, Litigation Section, Employment Law Section)? Bexar County Women?s Bar Association (Board of Directors, 2007-2015; President, 2014)? Bexar County Women?s Bar Foundation LEAD Academy (Founding Director and Steering Committee Member, 2014-present)? Vistage Trusted Advisors (Founding Member, 2017-2019)? Texas Bar Foundation Fellow? San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellow? Federal Bar Association? American Bar Association? William H. Sessions Inn of Court, Barrister? National Association of Women Lawyers? National Association of Women Business Owners Publications & Presentations ? ?The History of Women in Law,? Tobin Center Lecture Series (2019)? What to Know When Adding a Bring Your own Device Policy, Attorney at Law Magazine (2018)? The Importance of Estate Planning for Women, San Antonio Woman Magazine (2016)? On the Trail to Increased Client Protection: Attorney Contingent Fee Contract Termination and Hoover v. Walton, 39 ST. MARY'S L.J. 539 (2008)? ?Five Big Reasons Employees Sue,? Multiple Presentations? ?The Importance of Estate Planning for Women,? Multiple Presentations