Ms. Houston is an associate in the firm's Business Group and practices in the areas of alternative entities and general commercial transactions.  Her practice focuses primarily on organizational, structural, operational and governance issues relating to alternative entities, such as limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, statutory trusts and special purpose corporations, and their utilization in a wide range of domestic and cross-border structured finance transactions, securitizations and other commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment and hedge fund transactions and public and private offerings.  Ms. Houston's practice also includes representing financial institutions, trust companies and service providers in all types of commercial and financial transactions.  Her practice often involves providing advice and third party legal opinions on issues relating to Delaware entities, the perfection of security interests under the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code and other matters of Delaware law.

Education

• Temple University School of Law, J.D., 2003
• Yale University, graduate coursework towards a Master of Arts in Religious Studies with a concentration in Ethics, 1997
• College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 1996

Professional Activities

• Ms. Houston currently serves as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Model Single Member Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement Task Force.
• Ms. Houston is the Chair of the Website Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section's Committee on Legal Opinions. Ms. Houston also is a member of the ABA Business Law Section's Committee on Legal Opinions task force charged with updating the Committee's 2002 survey on law office opinion practices.
• Ms. Houston formerly served as chair of the subcommittee for Young Lawyer and Law Student Involvement for the ABA Section of Business Law.
• She also formerly served as liaison for the ABA Section of Business Law to the ABA Section Officers Conference Outreach to Law Students Committee.
• Ms. Houston was a member of the ABA Section of Business Law Advance II Membership/Member Services Subcommittee.
• Ms. Houston is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association.