Alexandra “Alex” McNicholas Bernier graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University and earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center.She has over twenty years of legal experience, primarily in federal court practice.After graduating from law school, Mrs. Bernier worked as a law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge Wendell C. Radford for two years until his retirement.United States Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin then asked Mrs. Bernier to serve as his career law clerk/briefing attorney during his entire seventeen-year tenure on the bench.During her time with the federal judiciary, Mrs. Bernier handled a wide breadth of cases, including employment, criminal, insurance, commercial, personal injury, regulatory and intellectual property matters.She also has private practice experience in personal injury litigation, property claim disputes and complex insurance coverage issues, advocating for clients in state and federal courts throughout Texas.
Mrs. Bernier joined Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith in 2023, where her litigation and arbitration practice focuses on complex commercial matters and business disputes.
Outside of her law practice, Mrs. Bernier enjoys spending time with her husband and three teenage children, being a soccer mom, running, cooking, all things Aggie football, school volunteering, watching professional golf and the Astros.
Mrs. Bernier is admitted to practice in following courts:
- Texas State Courts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- Texas A&M University, B.A. Arts, English, cum laude, 1999
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2002
- Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Planning Committee, Panel Chair and Speaker 2016–2020
- New Law Clerk Orientation, Eastern District of Texas, Speaker 2018-2020
- Jefferson County Bar Association Ethics Presentation, January 2016
- Prepared Several CLE Presentations for United States Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin
- South Texas College of Law, Moot Court Judge
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference Planning Committee
- Eastern District of Texas Bar Association
- Southern District of Texas Bar Association
- Eastern District of Texas Women Lawyers Association
- The Story Church, Small Group Discipleship Leader and Volunteer
- St. Luke’s United Methodist, Sunday School Teacher
- St. Luke’s Day School, Volunteer
- Second Baptist School, Volunteer
- Houston Food Bank
- Bo’s Place