Brandy Wingate Voss

Brandy Wingate Voss is an established appellate lawyer, who frequently attends trial with her trial team to provide the clients with the best chances of success on appeal.

Brandy graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a B.A. in anthropology. She then received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Baylor Law School in 2002.

Brandy served as editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review and as a brief writer on Baylor’s ABA Moot Court team. After law school, she served as a law clerk to former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillips.

Brandy formed the Law Offices of Brandy Wingate Voss, PLLC in March 2016. She decided to strike out on her own after practicing with Smith Law Group LLLP for five years, where she was a partner. Prior to joining Smith Law Group, Brandy served for four years as the senior staff attorney to Justice Gina Benavides at the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Edinburg. Before her service at the court, Brandy was an associate in Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.’s trial and appellate practice group. Brandy also taught in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for many years, teaching Constitutional Law and Criminal Evidence.

Brandy has served on numerous boards and committees in the legal field, including the Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee. She is currently the Large Section Representative to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. She served two terms as the District 13 Director for the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and she is a past president of the Hidalgo County Bar Association.

Brandy is currently the Vice Chair of the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, and she previously served a three-year term as co-editor-in-chief of the State Bar Appellate Section’s newsletter, The Appellate Advocate. She currently serves on the board of the State Bar College. Brandy regularly speaks at legal education courses on appellate-related topics.

Brandy was included on Thomson Reuters’ 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Texas Super Lawyers lists, an honor received by no more than five percent of all Texas attorneys. She was also named to Thomson Reuters’ Texas Rising Stars list in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Brandy has represented clients before the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Texas intermediate courts of appeals, and the Federal Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Third Circuits. She has been board certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009. Brandy also has extensive experience in criminal appellate matters. She is a certified mediator and is able to assist with mediations in civil and family law cases.