Yesenia Soria works in our Transactions Practice Group where she assists clients in a range of corporate law and transactional matters. While in law school, she was a summer associate at Foley. Yesenia also served as a federal law clerk for the Honorable Judge James Wesley Hendrix in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas during the 2022–2023 court session. There, she managed a portion of the docket and coordinated with other employees and litigants to move cases forward. She also researched and drafted memos, orders, and opinions and assisted in preparing for trials, hearings, and conferences for a wide array of cases.
Presentations and Publications
- “Fundamentally Fair for the Noncitizen: Federal Circuit Court Jurisdiction Over Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Procedural Due Process Claims Made by Petitioners Seeking Discretionary Relief’, Thomas M Cooley Law Review, (Spring/Summer 2022)
- “The Character Within”, Abilene Christian University Honors Scholar Thesis, (April 2019)
- “Como la Milsica”, Hispaniola Magazine, (April 2019)
- “El Significado De La Literatura Historica Para Mi”, Hispaniola Magazine, (April 2017)
Languages
- Spanish (basic)