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Brittany Scheier – Dealmaker, Stroke Survivor and ‘A Real Woman’

April 6, 2021 Mark Curriden

Allison Ruth Photography

In the middle of the night on a Sunday three years ago, Brittany Scheier awoke “feeling incredibly nauseous.” Minutes later, she was lying on her bathroom floor unable to move the right side of her body, unable to stand and unable see anything “other than a small pinprick” of light.

Only a week away from her 27th birthday and two months away from her lifelong dream of graduating from the University of Texas School of Law and becoming a lawyer, Scheier screamed out for help from her roommates.

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Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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