Partner Houston, Texas Phone: 713.653-7835 Fax: 713.654-6121 akaplan@susmangodfrey.com * Print this Profile (PDF) Download Business Card EDUCATION University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., Political Science & Philosophy, 2001) University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2004) HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS Editor-in-Chief, Texas Law Review (2003-04) Order of the Coif Dean's Award in Antitrust National Champion, Judge John R. Brown National Admiralty Moot Court Competition (2004) Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law (2003-04) Selected by my peers as a Texas Super Lawyers' "Rising Star" by Texas Monthly magazine (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) CLERKSHIP Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerry E. Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2004-05) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas Houston Bar Association American Bar Association *Internet mail is not fully secure or private. Therefore, please do not transmit confidential information via Internet mail. Transmission of information is not intended to and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not assume that your communications sent using Internet mail are privileged or confidential. Please do not send Susman Godfrey any confidential information via the Internet without previously consulting one of our attorneys. **Nothing on this web page is intended to represent that Susman Godfrey currently represents any particular clients mentioned because matters and client relationships naturally terminate from time to time.