Kim Bueno

Practice Areas

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Healthcare Litigation; Business Torts and Unfair Competition, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation; Professional Liability

Career

Kim Bueno regularly serves as lead defense counsel in jury trials. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, she is nationally recognized as a preeminent trial attorney. Kim has served as lead trial counsel in jury trials in Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, California, West Virginia, and Illinois. Kim represents clients in high-stakes personal injury actions and complex commercial litigation. Most recently, Kim has defended clients in trials involving alleged injury from talcum powder and pelvic mesh products.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Fellow, Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation; Austin Bar Association; American Bar Association (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section)

Publications

• Speaker, "Changes in Juror Perceptions Post-Covid," DRI 2023 Drug and Medical Device Seminar, May 5, 2023.

• Panelist, "Trial Lawyer Roundtable," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2022.

• Presenter, "Visual Advocacy: How to Effectively Persuade Through Graphical Demonstrations," TexasBarCLE, Business Disputes Course, September 2, 2021.

• Co-Author, “Guidelines for Mass Tort Aggregate Settlements in Texas,” The Advocate, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2016.

Personal

Southern Methodist University, B.A., summa cum laude; The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., high honors