Stacy Rogers Sharp

Stacy Rogers Sharp began serving with the Texas Law faculty over a decade ago, having taught on the topics of appellate advocacy, advanced litigation writing, predictive legal writing, legal research, and brief writing. She now sits as Texas Business Court Judge for the Court’s Fourth Division, which covers 22 counties in South Texas extending from the border south of Laredo to coastal Aransas County. She serves as the Court’s inaugural administrative presiding judge pro tempore, having been elected by her colleagues to that role.

Judge Sharp’s background in commercial litigation derives from her private practice as an appellate lawyer and trial-litigation consultant in civil suits that included contractual breaches, unfair competition, banking disputes, corporate-governance and fiduciary litigation, energy matters, employment law, and intellectual-property matters.

Her publications and papers cover the topics of fraudulent transfers, trade secrets, oil and gas litigation, business torts, rhetorical techniques for handling counterarguments, and the Texas Civil Participation Act. She is former president of the Federal Bar Association’s Austin Chapter and sits on its San Antonio Chapter’s executive board.

Before practicing law, she attended Vanderbilt University and served as a math and science teacher. More recently, she served her community on the Board of Trustees for Alamo Heights Independent School District and on the State Bar's Child Abuse & Neglect Committee. After years of serving as a foster parent, she now enjoys volunteering with the National Charity League and Young Men's Service League.

Ms. Sharp is an alumna of the University of Texas School of Law, where she was a Chancellor, Order of the Coif, Teaching Quizmaster, Texas Law Fellowships recipient, and a member of the Texas Law Review. She began her career by serving as judicial intern for the Honorable Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court and clerking for the Honorable Lee Yeakel, District Judge of the Western District of Texas.