Teresa Cain is an experienced trial lawyer with a professional emphasis in defense work at all stages and levels of the criminal justice system. This emphasis has included representation in federal and state court, juvenile and municipal court, as well as grand jury proceedings and pre-indictment investigations. Ms. Cain joined Mills & Williams in September 2000 following practice with a civil litigation firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Soon after joining the firm, she switched her focus to the practice of criminal defense. The magazine Texas Monthly has honored Ms. Cain, naming her to their list of "Texas Rising Stars" in 2005 and 2007

Ms. Cain received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico in May of 1999.  Prior to law school, she earned bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and English from the University of North Texas, Denton, in 1987.Ms. Cain is a past president and current member of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Bar Association. She is also a past Chair of the LGBT Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

EDUCATION

University of New Mexico - J.D., 1999
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Business Administration, 1987

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Texas
State Bar of New Mexico

COURT ADMISSIONS

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States District Court,

• District of New Mexico
• Northern District of Texas
• Eastern District of Texas
   

MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
State Bar of Texas,

• LGBT Law Section, past chair and current member
• North Texas Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Chamber of Commerce

Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Dallas Bar Association