Overview
Cindy M. Dinh is an associate in Mayer Brown's Houston office and a member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Cindy has experience representing clients in insurance, health care, commercial real estate, construction, private equity, and oil and gas industries. She also represents clients seeking asylum pro bono referred from Tahirih Justice Center and Kids in Need of Defense.
Cindy received her BA in sociology and health policy studies, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Rice University, her MPA from Harvard University and JD from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
While in law school, Cindy prepared legal analysis and bill language to support two bills that were passed in the California and Texas legislatures relating to voter registration and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Cindy clerked with the Honorable Gray H. Miller in the Southern District of Texas and worked at a litigation boutique. Cindy also holds a US patent on a device to dose liquid medication.
Super Lawyers Magazine rated Cindy as a 2020 Texas Rising Star in civil litigation, in recognition of 2.5% of the state’s young attorneys.
Areas of Focus
Events
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August 112019
Keynote Speaker - Vietnamese Culture and Science Association’s 23rd Annual Youth Excellence Recognition luncheon
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August 2017
Keynote Speaker - U.S. Naturalization Ceremony
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD
Editor of the California Law Review and the Asian American Law Journal
Harvard University, MPA
Rice University, BA, magna cum laude
Admissions
- Texas
Court
- US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Western District of Texas
- US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
- US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas
Activities
- Federal Bar Association, Board Member of the Southern District of Texas chapter
- Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair of the Professionalism Committee
- Asian American Bar Association of Houston, Vice President of Community Relations and Former Co-Chair of the Community Engagement & Pro Bono Committee
- Harvard Club of Houston, Member
- Rice University Community of Asian Alumni, Former Board Member