Dr. Duréus served as a judicial clerk intern for Chief Judge William Stuart for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Following graduation, she worked in civil litigation at Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. in Dallas, was a shareholder at Chapman & Reese, P.C., and returned to Iowa as an Associate Professor of Law at Drake University where she taught civil procedure, evidence and, legal research & writing. She served as Senior Counsel and the Chair of the Ecclesiastical Section of White & Wiggins, L.L.P. in Dallas as a consultant, and is currently on the full-time faculty at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University.
She was selected as the 2023 Distinguished Faculty Member by the SMU Women in Law Organization, the 2022 "Blackulty" Member of the Year by the Black Law Students Association, and was nominated twice for the Provost's Teaching Award. She is also the Founder and President of Katallasso Ministries International™.
Areas of Expertise
• Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy, and civil and commercial litigation
