Marlo Cadeddu graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. where she was a recipient of the Order of the Coif and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award. After graduation, Ms. Cadeddu clerked for Chief Judge A. Joe Fish of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Ms. Cadeddu graduated with departmental honors from the Johns Hopkins University in 1989 and received her master’s degree in strategic studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. After graduate school, Ms. Cadeddu was an international banker. She completed the Chase Manhattan Bank Management Development Program in New York and was named Second Vice President in the Chase Manhattan International Private Banking Division. In that capacity, Ms. Cadeddu managed more than forty million dollars in assets of high net worth European and African clients. After three years in New York, Ms. Cadeddu left private banking for corporate finance. As an international corporate lender with the First National Bank of Maryland, an Allied Irish Bank subsidiary in Baltimore, Maryland, Ms. Cadeddu received training in corporate credit analysis and accounting.
Ms. Cadeddu, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, has lived in a number of countries in Europe and the Middle East and she speaks both French and Italian. She is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
EDUCATION
- • Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
- • Graduated magna cum laude
- • Recipient of the Order of Coif
- • Georgetown International Environmental Law Journal staff member; Assistant Notes Editor 1995-1996.
- • Received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Advocacy given to the outstanding student in the Georgetown University Criminal Justice Clinic
- • Recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award as the student with the highest grade in Spring, 1998 Fiduciaries course
- • Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.
- • Concentration in international economics and strategic studies.
- • Bachelor of Arts, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- • Degree in international relations with a concentration in Chinese studies.
- • Graduated with departmental honors, Department of Political Science.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- • Texas, 2000
- • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2002
- • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2001
- • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2001
Professional Associations & Memberships
- • Barrister, Higginbotham Inn of Court (2007-2010 term)
- • Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- • Member, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- • Member, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- • Member, Dallas Bar Association
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS:
- • Federal Law Clerk, United States District Court – Northern District of Texas
- • International Corporate Lender, First Naitonal Bank of Maryland/Allied Irish Bank, Baltimore, MD
- • International Private Banker, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
CONTACT INFORMATION
Marlo Cadeddu
Of Counsel
3232 McKinney, Ste. 700
Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 744-3000 Telephone
(214) 744-3015 Facisimile
(877) 744-3728 Toll Free
mcadeddu@kendalllawgroup.com
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PUBLISHED WORKS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- • Spring, 2009. Served as an Adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at the Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.
- • March 7, 2008. Spoke at Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association's seminar entitled "Federal Law at the French Quarter" on the topic "The Sentencing Memorandum - the Advocate's Hammer."
- • May 11, 2007. Spoke at the Federal Bar Association’s federal criminal practice seminar in Dallas, Texas on the topic “The Federal Sentencing Memorandum."
- • Fall, 2006. Served as an Adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at the Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.
- • Fall, 2005. Served as an Adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at the Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.)
- • June, 2005. Served as an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Southern Regional Program in Dallas, Texas.
- • June 11, 2005. Spoke at Dallas Bar Association, Criminal Law Section’s summer seminar on the topic “Federal Criminal Practice After Booker: An Update."
- • March 4, 2005. Spoke at the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division Criminal Justice Act Panel Training Seminar on the topic “Evidence and the Effective Use of the Electronic Courtroom: A Hands-On Demonstration;" also served as a panelist on the topic “Plea Bargaining Under the Booker/Fanfan Decisions."
- • February 25, 2005. Spoke at the Dallas Bar Association, Criminal Law Section Meeting on the topic “Federal Criminal Practice after Booker."
- • December 2, 2004. Spoke at a Lorman Education Services Seminar entitled “Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner in Texas" in Dallas, Texas on the topic “Evidentiary Considerations in Federal Criminal Practice."
- • Co-authored a paper entitled “Happy Hunting Grounds: A Guide to Defense of Federal Firearms Cases" for a State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Program held in October 2003 and again in October 2004 on the subject "Lawyers, Guns and Money- What Every Texas Lawyer Needs to Know About Firearms Law."
- • Fall, 2004. Served as an Adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at the Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.
- • June 11, 2004. Spoke at a Lorman Education Services Seminar entitled “Trial Techniques for the Criminal Case in Texas" in Dallas, Texas on the topic “Federal Criminal Defense Practice" in Dallas, Texas.
- • May 2003. Spoke at the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division Criminal Justice Act Panel Training Seminar on “Obtaining the Best Result at Sentencing: Presentence Report Objections and Departures under the Sentencing Guidelines."
- • Authored note entitled “Turtles in the Soup? An Analysis of the GATT Challenge to the United States’ Endangered Species Act Section 609 Shrimp Harvesting Nation Certification Program for the Conservation of Sea Turtles," 11 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L Rev. 179 (1998). http://www.law.georgetown.edu
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