Tiffany Bingham Briscoe
Ms. Briscoe is an associate in the Vorys Houston office and a member of the litigation group. Ms. Briscoe specializes in litigation and trial work in premises liability, products liability, and employee wrongful death cases throughout Texas. An experienced litigator, Ms. Briscoe also handles commercial litigation matters, including the representation of financial and lending institutions in real estate litigation cases. In addition, she has significant appellate experience before several intermediate Texas courts of appeal, the Texas Supreme Court, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Career highlights include:
- Trial counsel for major chemical company in a living mesothelioma premises liability case in Jefferson County, Texas
- Trial counsel for major chemical company in employee wrongful death case in Smith County, Texas
- Trial counsel for defendant in partnership and breach of contract case in Harris County, Texas
- Trial counsel for local mortuary owner in negligence and breach of contract case in Harris County, Texas
- Appellate counsel for major design engineering firm in Houston Court of Appeals in successful appeal dismissing all claims based on Certificate of Merit statute
- Appellate counsel for major retail company in San Antonio Court of Appeals challenging 10-year old default judgment in excess of $3 million
- Appellate counsel for major chemical company in Beaumont Court of Appeals on issues of competency of expert evidence and substantial factor causation
- Appellate counsel in Houston Court of Appeals on issues of Texas Statute of Frauds and partnership formation
- Drafted and argued dispositive motion dismissing all claims against client in employee wrongful death case with allegations of chemical exposure to benzene and butadiene in Jefferson County, Texas
- Drafted and argued dispositive motion dismissing all claims against client in contractor premises liability case in Jefferson County, Texas
- Drafted and argued dispositive motion dismissing all claims against major hospital in medical malpractice case in Harris County, Texas
Ms. Briscoe was a clerk for the Hon. Eric T. Washington, Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She is a former Assistant Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, where she taught courses in legal analysis, research, and writing. She was recognized as a Texas Rising Star in 2005, 2006 and 2010.
Ms. Briscoe received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she worked as a research assistant to the Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Xavier University of Louisiana.
Professional and Community Activities
- Association of Women Attorneys, Member
- National Bar Association, Member
- Houston Lawyers Association, Member
- Harris County Improvement District 8 Board, 2007-2010
- Houston Lawyer Referral Service Board, 2005-2006
Honors & Awards
- Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Civil Litigation Defense, 2005, 2006, 2010-2012
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow, 2011
News
- Four Vorys Attorneys Selected as 2012 Texas Rising Stars
- Four Vorys Attorneys Named Texas Rising Stars
- Briscoe Selected for Inaugural Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows Program
- Three Vorys Attorneys Named Texas Rising Stars
- Former Porter & Hedges Lawyer Starts Houston Outpost of Ohio Firm Vorys
- Vorys Opens Office In Houston