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Asked & Answered with Tillotson Patton’s Mollie Mallory: Trials, Family and Fun

From youthful debates to co-counseling high-stakes injury litigation with her brother, Tillotson Patton partner Mollie Mallory was made for the courtroom.

“I was the 13-year-old girl who everybody said, ‘You should be a lawyer,’ probably meaning it as an insult because I argued too much,” Mallory told The Texas Lawbook.

Alexa Shrake

Alexa covers litigation and trials for The Texas Lawbook.

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