Zoe Stendara focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. She handles a wide variety of legal issues in the financial, employment, and technology industries. Zoe has experience with a broad range of legal matters including drafting pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, discovery management, complex commercial disputes, breach of contract, commercial arbitration, and settlement negotiations. Zoe also has state and federal court experience preparing for trial.
Prior to joining the firm, Zoe was a litigation associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice of an international law firm in its Dallas, Texas office.
While attending Baylor University School of Law, Zoe served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Diana Song Quiroga in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She also served as President of the Asian American Law Students Association and competed in various national mock trial and moot court teams.
While attending Texas A&M University, Zoe studied history abroad in Granada, Spain in 2015. She served as a legislative intern for Texas House Representative John Raney and as a student assistant in the Office of Admissions at The Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Zoe was recognized in 2025 as one of the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" for Commercial Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®. She was recognized as a Texas "Rising Star" in 2024 for Business Litigation by Super Lawyers magazine. Zoe received the "Co-Chairs Most Valuable New Member Award" in 2024 from Attorneys Serving the Community (ASC), a philanthropic organization comprised of approximately 500 Dallas women lawyers, for her work co-chairing ASC’s 5K, organizing volunteers for multiple events, and moderating a CLE panel of federal judges.
Zoe has basic knowledge of Spanish.
Experience
Currently representing nationwide financial services provider in multiple matters.
Currently representing nationwide Bitcoin mining company in contract dispute.
Currently representing private equity investment firm in commercial arbitration for post-acquisition disputes.
Currently representing global designer and manufacturer of commercial and residential lawn mowers in multiple matters, including against products liability allegations.
Currently representing global metals solutions provider in multiple matters, including against allegations of breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with contract, and civil conspiracy.
Currently representing nationwide tortilla manufacturer against false advertising class action allegations.
Represented nationwide multichannel video programming distributor against claims for fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, and violations of Federal Communications Act, obtaining dismissal of all claims following motions practice.
Baylor University School of Law J.D. (2021)
Texas A&M University B.A., Political Science and Spanish (2018) magna cum laude
Texas (2021)
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Dallas Bar Association, Member
Attorneys Serving the Community, Member
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