Sean J. Petrie

Biography

Sean Petrie started his legal career as a judicial clerk (U.S. Dist. Judge Sam Sparks) and an IP litigation attorney (Wilson Sonsini; Susman Godfrey; and Conley Rose & Tayon). Then, in 2005, he was asked to teach as an adjunct at UT Law. He loved it, was fortunate enough to get a full-time position in 2007, and hasn't looked back.

Sean currently focuses on legal writing and research, teaching the first-year required course, as well as upper-division electives on litigation writing and preparing for judicial clerkships. He also serves as the faculty advisor for the law school's Bradford Society.

To give his left brain a rest, Sean also writes on-the-spot poetry as part of Austin's Typewriter Rodeo.