Alia Adkins-Derrick

About the presenter

Alia Adkins-Derrick is the founder, managing attorney, and a certified mediator at Adkins Lawyers, PLLC —a premier, client-centered law firm in Dallas and Houston, Texas. Trusted by businesses (big & small), Alia handles matters ranging from Contracts, Company Formations & Employment, to Trademarks, Car-wrecks, & Trials. Her smart legal solutions are tailored to fit each client's specific needs which is why when Results Matter, clients and attorneys alike Trust Alia & her firm, again and again. Fueled by her passion to educate and acts of service, Alia has helped the next generation of lawyers hone their advocacy skills by serving as an Adjunct Law Professor at UNT Dallas College of Law in years past and regularly speaks at various business seminars and conferences.

Alia is the President of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society ("TSCHS") and recently moderated a 125 Years of Texas Constitution CLE with Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young and Dr. Bill Chriss at the 2026 Texas State Bar Annual Meeting. In 2025, she served as the Keynote Speaker for TSCHS Annual Meeting. She has served as the Course Director of the Texas Bar's Civil Appellate Practice 101 CLE Course. She helped found the NEW Roundtable, Inc. back in 2014 and currently serves on the Board and several Committees of NEW. She is on the board of Oak Gardens Church.

At the start of her 19-year legal career, Alia had the distinct honor of serving as a briefing attorney for former Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott A. Brister who is now the Chief Justice of Texas' newly created Fifteenth Court of Appeals. Alia obtained her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and her B.A. degree from Rice University.