Rachel Hytken
Practice Areas
Education
- Lewis and Clark Law School, J.D. 2009
- University of Texas, Austin, B.A. 2004 (cum laude)
Admitted to Practice
- State Bar of Texas, 2010
- State Bar of Oregon, 2009
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts
- United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Awards & Honors
- Scholar List
- Law Review
- SuperLawyers: “Texas Rising Stars” (Texas Monthly magazine 2019)
Practice Description
Ms. Hytken has extensive experience in civil litigation in state and federal court. Her work primarily involves matters arising from title disputes involving residential and commercial property; it also extends to commercial leases, surface estate mining leases, easements, title insurance coverage issues, and mortgage-related litigation.
Representative Experience
Represented property owners under title insurance policies in a variety of matters involving alleged title defects and title disputes.
Represented national financial institutions in various litigation matters arising from residential mortgages.
Represented title companies in cases involving title coverage questions.
Clerked at a federal government agency charged with supplying hydroelectric power to the Northwest. Worked on issues involving labor disputes, intergovernmental conflict, and a variety of tort issues.
Publications, Seminars, and Cases
- “Electronic Discovery: To What Extent do the 2006 Amendments Satisfy Their Purposes?” 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 599, 2008
- Treasurer, State Bar of Texas, Consumer & Commercial Law Council
- Member, Attorneys Servicing the Community
- Committee Member, SPCA of Texas
- Member, Dallas Bar Association