In this episode of Wine and Dime I have a great conversation with someone who like me has two passions in life. Where mine is Personal Finance and Wine, hers is Law and Wine. My guest, Elizabeth Hill, has her own law practice in Texas, and also owns her own Winery called Burklee Hill Vineyards. We had a wonderful talk about the complexity of owning your own law practice, owning your own vineyard, and raising a family. So, sit on back, pop open a bottle of your favorite wine and enjoy the show.
Elizabeth Geary Hill
practices in the areas of commercial litigation, appellate law and agricultural law in both state and federal court. Elizabeth assists clients with a wide range of litigation and appellate issues, as well as transactional business and agricultural needs, including vineyard and winery law. Elizabeth has handled multiple appellate cases and has had the distinct honor of arguing before the Texas Supreme Court, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Amarillo and Austin Courts of Appeals. Elizabeth recently successfully defended against a petition for writ of certiorari before the United States Supreme Court. Elizabeth teaches Vineyard & Winery Law at the Texas Tech School of Law as an Adjunct Professor. Elizabeth was recently presented with the “GOLD” Award (Graduate of the Last Decade) from the Texas Tech School of Law.
A summa cum laude graduate of Texas Tech School of Law, Elizabeth graduated in the top 1.5% of her law school class. During her time at Tech Law, Elizabeth was a two-time national champion in intercollegiate moot court competitions, including the American College of Trial Lawyers’ National Moot Court Competition in 2012. Elizabeth and her team defeated 190 other law schools to emerge with both the best brief and best oral argument in the nation. Elizabeth was named the Best Advocate in Texas by the Texas Young Lawyers Association in conjunction with the State Moot Court Championships. Elizabeth now volunteers as a coach for Tech Law and assisted in coaching the Tech Law national championship team of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in 2013 and Tech Law national championship team of the National Pretrial Competition in 2015. In addition to her involvement in advocacy, Elizabeth served on the Law Review and was awarded a Best Student Article Award for her published comment discussing agricultural law. While attending law school, Elizabeth worked as a judicial intern to Federal Judge, Sam Cummings.
ABOUT
Burklee Hill Vineyards is a family-owned winery producing locally-grown wine from the Texas High Plains. The Hill family has grown wine grapes on the Texas High Plains since 2002 on land farmed by the family for five generations. With a passion for quality, local wine, we founded Burklee Hill Vineyards in a tribute to the generations of family members that have inspired us to seek excellence in all we do.
The name, “Burklee,” was chosen in tribute to Chace Hill’s grandfathers, Burk Roberts and Eddie “Lee” Courtney. Burk was named after Chace’s great-grandfather, Burnett Burk, who previously owned and farmed the land where the vineyard is located today.
Chace and Elizabeth were original, founding members of Trilogy Cellars and look forward to continuing the tradition of 100% Texas wine through the Burklee Hill tasting rooms in both Levelland and Lubbock. Lubbock is set to open at 1109 Broadway in summer 2019. We hope you will raise a toast to Texas wine and visit us soon!
2016 FM 303
The 331 Red Blend combines the fruity profile of Malbec with the savory flavors of Merlot. This dry, red wine reveals notes of plum and cherry with layers of spice and oak. Enjoy with rich, Italian dishes or grilled red meats.
