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Biography
Diana primarily practices in the areas of civil insurance defense and personal injury law. Prior to joining Boyd, Boyd, & Giddens, she practiced family law in Tyler, Texas. Diana was licensed by the State Bar of Texas in 2023 and serves on the board for the Smith County Young Lawyer’s Association.
Diana was born in Dallas, Texas, but was raised in the Tyler area. After graduating from Whitehouse High School, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Tyler. She later earned her Juris Doctorate from SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.
As the first in her family to go to law school, Diana worked hard and continued to focus her energy on causes she is passionate about. Diana spent her last two years of law school with the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women representing survivors of gender-based harms, including domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Diana also had the privilege to serve as a Judicial Extern with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
In her leisure time, Diana and her husband, Ryan, enjoy taking walks and playing with their dog and cat. She loves traveling, researching, photography, and spending time with family and friends.
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- Juris Doctor - 2022
- Law Review, SMU International Law Review Association, Associate Managing Editor 2021-2022, Staff Editor, 2020, 2021
- University of Texas at Tyler
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 2017
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: International English Honor Society
- Honors: Phi Alpha Theta
- Honors: Phi Theta Kappa
- Major: History
- Minor: English Studies and International Studies with Concentration on Europe
Published Works
- Presented Collecting & Defending an Attorney’s Fees Award in Family Law at the Sinclair Law Office, PC, CLE No. 174222858, in 2023
- Author of Continuing Crimes Under the Rome Statute: Enforced Disappearances During the Argentine Military Dictatorship of 1976-1982 in the State Bar of Texas International Law Section Fall/Winter Edition 2022-2023
- Author of Final Judgment on Tyranny: The Connection Between Southern Methodist University and the Nuremberg Trials on file with the Underwood Law Library at SMU Dedman School of Law
- Presented Argentine-U.S. Relations, 1976-1983: Human Rights Violations at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2018
- Presented Sexual Assault and the Media: Violence Against Women during the 1960s and 1970s at the Phi Alpha Theta Texas Northeast Regional Conference at Stephen F. Austin State University in 2017
Practice Areas
- General Civil Litigation
- Insurance Coverage and Defense
- Personal Injury
Professional Association
- Smith County Young Lawyer’s Association, Board Member
- Smith County Bar Association, Member
- Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Women’s Section of the Smith County Bar Association, Member
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2023
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
Honors
- Recipient of the State Bar of Texas International Law Section Human Rights Essay Contest (2022)
- Recipient of the East Texas Crisis Center Hope Award (2017)