Hilary Haglund Walker

Hilary Haglund Walker was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She attended Kilgore College and was a member of the world famous Kilgore College Rangerettes, where she served as Lieutenant her sophomore year. In 2001, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Prior to attending law school, Hilary worked for United States Congressman Lloyd Doggett in Washington, D.C and in the Congressman’s District Office in Austin, Texas.

Hilary is a May, 2005 graduate of South Texas College of Law where she served as a varsity moot court advocate for the nationally ranked Board of Advocates. She was awarded best oralist honors at the South Texas College of Law Spurgeon E. Bell Memorial Moot Court Competition. In addition, Hilary represented the law school at the 2004 State Bar of Texas Administrative Law Moot Court Competition where South Texas teams received first, second and third place honors.

After law school, Hilary served as the Briefing Attorney for the Honorable George C. Hanks, Jr., Justice of the Court of Appeals, First District of Texas in Houston. In 2006, Hilary joined Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg and Oathout in Houston, Texas as a Litigation Associate. In July of 2009, Hilary returned to her hometown of Lufkin and joined the staff of Haglund Law Firm.

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2006
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2007

Education

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW, HOUSTON, TEXAS 2005

Honors:

• Academic Merit Scholarship
• Best Oralist Award, Spurgeon E. Bell Memorial Moot Court Competition

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 2001

• Degree: Bachelor of Arts
• Major: English, Minor: Government

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Young Professionals Network of Lufkin/Angelina County, Founder and Chair 2011-present
• Angelina Beautiful Clean, Board Member 2011-present
• Angelina Arts Alliance, Board Member 2011-present
• American Cancer Society Cattle Baron’s Executive Committee; Auction Chair, 2011; Beverage Chair, 2012
• Junior League of Lufkin, Member since 2009; Advisory Council Member 2011-2012; Chair of Career Conference at LMS, 2012; Co-Chair of Back to School Bonanza, 2012; JLL Volunteer of the Year, 2012-2013
• Lufkin Rotary Club, Member since 2009; Board Member and Chair of Club Administration 2011-2012; President Elect and Membership Chair 2012-2013; President for 2013-2014
• Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, 2008-2009, Secretary/ Treasurer, 2008-2009-2010, Vice-Chair
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, 2008-2009, Co-Chair, Special Olympics Committee
• Texas Bar Association
• HYLA Leadership Academy, 2007-2008
• American Bar Association
• Houston Downtown Alliance Emerging Leaders, Steering Committee, 2007-2009
• Girls, Inc., Advisory Board Member, 2008-2009

Past Employment Positions

• United States Congressman Lloyd Doggett, District Scheduler, 2000-2002
• First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, Briefing Attorney, 2005-2006
• First Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, Judicial Intern, 2004-2005
• Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout, LLP, Law Clerk and Litigation Associate, 2003-2009
• Haglund Law Firm, P.C., Associate, 2009-present

Personal Info

• Married to Stephen R. Walker for 7 years
• Mother of two sons Anders and Asa
• Cast member in a 5-performance all-lawyer musical produced by the Houston Bar Foundation, 2008, 2009, 2011.