Scott, Katie J. L.

Susan Henricks has practiced Texas civil litigation and administrative law since 1981. She joined Michael S. Hull and Andrew F. MacRae in forming HULL HENRICKS & MACRAE LLP, after practicing as a partner in Locke Purnell Rain Harrell and Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP. Ms. Henricks joined the Locke firm in 1998 with Michael S. Hull and other former partners of Maroney, Crowley, Bankston, Richardson & Hull, LLP where she practiced as partner and as associate (1993-1998). Previously, she formed her own firm in Austin, Texas in 1985 and was a partner in the firm of Martin & Henricks from 1986 to 1992. From 1983 to 1985 she served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas where she practiced administrative and trial law, representing Texas state agencies in statewide trial and appellate courts. Before operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Ms. Henricks conducted approximately 100 hearings as an appointed Administrative Law Judge for numerous state agencies, including the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, the Texas Employees Retirement System and the Texas Racing Commission among others. She was retained as outside hearing counsel for the Texas Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners from 1986 to 1992.

Ms. Henricks is a member of the State Bar of Texas (1981), the Travis County and American Bar Associations, and the Texas Bar Foundation. She is currently serving as Secretary of the Travis County Administrative Law Section, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas (1984) and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1990).

In the Austin community, Ms. Henricks has served as a member of the Austin YMCA Board of Directors since 1987. She received the YMCA Will Miller Volunteer Leadership Award in 1993 and has also served as Board Member and volunteer for the American Institute for Learning, a nationally recognized literacy and alternative education program. Before attending law school she served as a staff member in the Texas State Senate for two legislative sessions.

Ms. Henricks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1955. She is a 1973 graduate of MacArthur High School, Irving, Texas and received a Bachelor of Journalism with Honors(1977) and J.D. (1981) from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a student member of Phi Delta Phi. Ms. Henricks has made her home in Austin, Texas since 1973, where she resides with her husband, Mr. Laylan Copelin , a professional journalist.