Kim Askew

Of Counsel

Emailkim.askew@us.dlapiper.com

About

Kim represents clients in significant employment matters involving claims of race, disability, gender and age discrimination and sexual harassment, as well as in litigation involving business torts, trade secrets, non-compete, and non-solicitation and employment agreements. She has successfully tried cases to jury and non-jury verdicts in state and federal courts across the US and has handled appeals before federal and Texas appellate courts.

Areas of FocusEmployment

Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaTexas

CourtsSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Northern District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Southern District of TexasUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas

EXPERIENCE

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

B.A., Knoxville College

Awards

The Legal 500 United States
- Recommended, Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions): Defense (2023)
Recipient of The Texas Minority Counsel Program’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2022
Texas 100: Top 100 influential people to watch in Dallas, Dallas Business Journal, 2022
Texas Bar College Awards Committee, Jim D. Bowmer Professionalism Award, 2021
Dallas Business Journal’s 2021 Leaders in Diversity, Diversity and Inclusion Champion, January 2021
Texas Lawyer's 2020 list of Texas Trailblazers, June 2020
Lawdragon 500 Legends – Top 30 Leading Lawyers in America, 2019-2020
Dallas 500 – The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth, 2015-2019
Dallas Bar Association, Inaugural Distinguished Service Award 2017 (the award has since been named in her honor)
Paul R. Dean Alumni Award, Georgetown University Law Center, 2018
Hon. Sam A. Lindsay Professionalism and Ethics Award, 2016
American Inns of Court, 2015 Professionalism Award for the Fifth Circuit
Benchmark, Top 250 Women in Litigation, 2015-2019
American Bar Association, Spirit of Excellence Award, 2015
Dallas Women’s Foundation, Maura Award: “Women Helping Women Award,” 2015
The Dallas 500, D CEO Magazine, 2015
Flame of Honor Award, Southwest Jewish Congress, 2014
Lifetime Achiever Award, Texas Lawyer-Winning Women Lawyers, 2014
Super Lawyer, "The Top 100 Lawyers in Texas," The Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas", "The Top 100 Lawyers in Dallas, Fort Worth Region" 2014 - present
Dallas Bar Association and The Texas Center for Legal Ethics Morris Harrell Professionalism Award, 2013
The Nation's Most Powerful Employment Attorneys – Top 100, Human Resource Executive, 2012, 2015 and 2016
Luther (Luke) Soules III Professionalism Award, State Bar of Texas Section of Litigation, 2012
Lawdragon 500, The Leading Lawyers in America, 2005, 2012-2024
25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century, 2010, Texas Lawyer
Fellow, Litigation Council of America
Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Award, Dallas Bar Association, 2010
Inaugural List, Best Women Lawyers in Dallas, Labor and Employment, D Magazine, 2010
Extraordinary Women in Texas Law - 2008, Texas Lawyer
Texas Super Lawyer, Law & Politics Magazine and Texas Monthly, 2002 - 2019
Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment, 2002 - 2019