Attorney Profile

CARNEY ANNE CHESTER

Assistant City Attorney

Litigation Division

Code Compliance Section

Carney Anne Chester joined the Dallas City Attorney's Office in January, 2007. Her practice focuses on civil litigation on behalf of the City against property owners who are not maintaining their properties in compliance with minimum housing standards, with Fair Housing laws, or with zoning ordinances. Ms. Chester also files lawsuits seeking the demolition of dilapidated and substandard vacant structures in the City of Dallas and additionally handles permit and licensing appeal board hearings, primarily relating to dancehall permits.

Education

• Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA J.D., 2003
  President, Tulane Sports Law Society
  Editor, The Sports Lawyer's Journal
  NCAA Compliance Officer Graduate Assistant, Tulane University Athletic Department
  Student Attorney, New Orleans Legal Assistance Clinic
  
• University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA B.A. Political Science, 1999
  HIV/AIDS Outreach Educator, Project Ohana Jamii

Affiliations & Activities

• Admitted to Massachusetts Bar, December 2003
• Admitted Texas Bar, November 2004
• United States District Courts in the Northern District of Texas, April 2006
• Co-Chair, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Committee for Legal Aid to the Elderly, 2007-2008
  

Prior Experience

• Prior to joining the City Attorney's Office, Ms. Chester worked as an associate attorney at Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing in Boston, Massachusetts from 2003-2004, where her practice focused on insurance coverage/defense and general civil litigation; and at DeHay & Elliston in Dallas from 2004-2006, where her practice focused on products/premises liability and mass toxic torts.