Of Counsel
Mary Ann Goldsmith is of counsel to Goldsmith & Bogisch and works on specified matters by mutual agreement with the firm.
Ms. Goldsmith, J. Robert Goldsmith, Jr.’s sister, lived most of her early life in Tyler, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1974 from the Plan II Honors Program with honors and special honors in history. After two years working on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, she attended the University of Texas School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review and graduated in 1979 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree.
Mary was admitted to the California bar in 1979 and joined the Los Angeles firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as an associate, devoting her attention to banking and commercial law, labor relations, corporations, real estate and litigation. She returned to Texas in 1981 and was admitted to the Texas bar in 1982. In 1981, she became Assistant General Counsel to Texas Energy Petroleum Corporation headquartered in Houston, a corporate group engaged in domestic and international oil trading, commodities futures trading, real estate investment and development, development of patents related to water purification, fuels rack terminal management, and coal, chemicals, refining and oil and gas exploration activites. Ms. Goldsmith ultimately became General Counsel and Vice President, serving as chief operating officer of the corporate group with responsibility for all legal and litigation matters, development and implementation of business strategies, and management of accounting and administrative systems and employment matters. After the company moved its headquarters to Arkansas, Ms. Goldsmith continued to serve as General Counsel until 1986, when she formed a solo practice in Port Aransas, Texas with emphasis in the areas of contracts, real estate, corporate and commercial law, while also spending time with her newborn son.
In 1990, Ms. Goldsmith joined the Corpus Christi office of the firm Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, one of the state’s preeminent insurance defense firms, where she practiced as an associate attorney and later a partner, having substantial involvement in litigation of high exposure and multi-party litigation. After leaving the firm and devoting a few years to formation and operation of family business and travel, she joined her brother Bob Goldsmith as of counsel to Goldsmith & Bogisch in late 2008.
Mary has lived in Port Aransas, Texas for approximately 23 years, where she has been active in community affairs, including three terms as City Council member, Member and Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and Vice President of the Texas Gulf Surfing Association. Her other interests include surfing, surf photography, diving, fishing and travel.