Bar Admission
State Bar of Texas (1997)
State Bar of California (1994)
Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
All Federal District Courts in Texas
Southern District of California
Education
Hastings College of the Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1994, Order of the Coif
Brandeis University, B.A., Cum Laude, 1986, Phi Beta Kappa
practice areas
About Leslie
Leslie Hyman assists clients with business litigation and arbitration, antitrust and trade regulation counseling, and appellate matters, including bankruptcy appellate cases. Within her business litigation practice, she has handled numerous complex disputes involving issues such as contract rights, antitrust, fraud, and intellectual property. She has litigated in federal and state courts and before national and international arbitration tribunals. She also counsels clients in all aspects of the supply chain — manufacturers, distributors, and consumers — on antitrust and trade regulation matters, particularly in the distribution context and provides guidance in developing antitrust compliance materials and programs. Leslie has represented financial institutions, issuers, and individuals in investigations and private securities fraud litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Leslie is Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Antitrust and Business Litigation Section and a member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section. She is Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee, is chair of the San Antonio Bar Association’s Federal Courts Committee, is a founding member of the Steering Committee of the Bexar County Women’s Bar’s LEAD Academy, serves on the board of the San Antonio Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section, and is a member of the Board of Editors of San Antonio Lawyer Magazine.
Leslie began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward C. Prado. She then practiced for 15 years with Cox Smith Matthews in San Antonio before joining Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen, LLP in April 2011.
Associations
Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Peer Review Rating
Recipient of the 2010 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Champion of Justice (Civic/Humanitarian) Award
Scene in SA, "San Antonio's Best Lawyers," 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013-2022
“Texas Super Lawyer” by Thompson Reuters from 2010-2022
State Bar of Texas, Past Chair of Antitrust and Business Litigation Section
State Bar of Texas, Past Chair of Standing Committee on Administration of Rules of Evidence
San Antonio Bar Association, Chair of Federal Courts Committee and Board Member of Appellate Law Section
Bexar County Women's Bar Association, Member and Past Board Member
Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation LEAD Academy, Steering Committee Member
Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, Member and Past Director
San Antonio Lawyer Magazine, Departments Editor
American Bar Association, Antitrust and Litigation Sections, Member
American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
Jewish Community Center of San Antonio, Immediate Past Chair
Select Reported Cases
Carnegie Technologies, L.L.C. v. Triller, Inc., 39 F.4th 288 (5th Cir. 2022) (affirming summary judgement in business dispute)
Gray v. Skelton, 595 S.W.3d 633 (Tex. 2020) (legal malpractice)
Matter of Okedokun, 968 F.3d 378 (5th Cir. 2020) (affirming bankruptcy adversary decision)
In re Dickinson of San Antonio, Inc., No. 5:19-CV-01011-XR, 2020 WL 264976 (W.D. Tex. Jan. 16, 2020) (bankruptcy appeal)
Six v. Generations Federal Credit Union, 891 F.3d 508 (4th Cir. 2018) (affirming sanctions obtained against opposing counsel)
In re Okedokun, 593 B.R. 469 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2018) (bankruptcy adversary)
Skelton v. Gray, 547 S.W.3d 272 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2018), aff’d, 595 S.W.3d 633 (Tex. 2020) (legal malpractice)
Luppino v. York, SA-16-CV-00409-RCL, 2017 WL 8161008 (W.D. Tex. Nov. 27, 2017) (representation of former owner of bankrupt business)
Cooper v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com’n, 820 F.3d 730 (5th Cir. 2016) (standing to challenge injunction)
Austin v. Coface Seguro de Credito Mexico, S.A de C.V., 506 S.W.3d 707 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2016) ) (requirements of an abstract of judgment)
Dillon v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A., 787 F.3d 707 (4th Cir. 2015) (arbitrability of putative class action claims)
Sloat v. Rathbun, 513 S.W.3d 500 (Tex. App.—Austin 2015, pet. dism’d) (application of Anti-SLAPP statute)
Bill Miller B-B-Q Enterprises, Ltd. v. Gonzales, No. 04-13-00704-CV, 2014 WL 5463951 (Tex. App. – San Antonio, Oct. 29, 2014) (right to a jury trial on attorneys’ fees)
In re Miscavige, 436 S.W.3d 430 (Tex. App.—Austin 2014, no pet.) (mandamus related to circumstances for deposition of church leader)
USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp, No. 10-50612, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19552 (5th Cir. Sept. 24, 2013)
United Services Auto. Ass’n v. Mitek Systems, Inc., 289 F.R.D. 244 (W.D. Tex. 2013) (patent litigation)
Gamboa v. Gamboa, 383 S.W.2d 263 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 2012) (dispute over who was trustee of family trusts)
Wallner v. Farish, 470 Fed. App’x 230 (5th Cir. 2012) (fraudulent inducement)
USPPS, Ltd. v. Avery Dennison Corp, 676 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (intellectual property dispute)
AMK 2000-A, L.L.C. v. Maliek, 411 Fed. App’x 703 (5th Cir. 2011) (lender foreclosure)
Coolwater, LLC v. Camp Arrowhead, Ltd. (In re Camp Arrowhead, Ltd.), 429 B.R. 546 (W.D. Tex. 2010)
Fed. Land Bank Ass'n of S. Ala. v. H&H Worldwide Fin. Serv., Inc., 354 Fed. App’x 85 (5th Cir. 2009)
Villaje Del Rio, LTD v. Colina Del Rio, LP, 283 Fed. Appx. 263 (5th Cir. 2008)
Davis v. Farm Bureau Bank, No: SA-07-CA-967-XR, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52241 (W.D. Tex. April 30, 2008)
Publications
Leslie Sara Hyman et al., Antitrust and Consumer Protection, 5 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 3 (2019)
https://scholar.smu.edu/smuatxs/vol5/iss1/2
"Antitrust Review," Texas Business Litigation Journal, Fall 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Co-author, SMU Law Review Annual Survey of Texas Law: Antitrust Consumer Protection, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017