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Marney Collins Sims

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

10300 Jones Road, Room 410

Houston, Texas 77065

(281) 807-8660

marney.sims@cfisd.net

Marney Collins Sims is the general counsel for the Cypress-Fairbanks

Independent School District, the third largest school district in the state of Texas.

Ms. Sims has served in this role since 2005. Prior to becoming the general counsel

in CFISD, Ms. Sims was an associate in the School and Public Law Section of

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, where she practiced from 1998 to 2005. As general

counsel, she advises school district personnel and the board of trustees regarding

various matters, including open government laws, employment and disability laws,

constitutional rights of students and employees, real estate acquisition and related

development of real property, construction matters, procurement and contracting.

Ms. Sims graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center,

where she served as the senior articles editor on the Houston Law Review and a

judicial intern for the Honorable Harold R. DeMoss, United States Fifth Circuit Court

of Appeals.