Rylee Estes is a recent cum laude graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law and has joined Valkenaar PLLC as a full-time associate. While in law school, Rylee served on the Editorial Board of the St. Mary’s Law Journal, won numerous state and national competitions while competing on the external advocacy moot court team and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Chief Judge Craig A. Gargotta of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.

    • J.D. – St. Mary’s University School of Law, Cum Laude

    • B.S. – Texas A&M University, Magna Cum Laude

    • Texas State Bar

    • William Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Competition, Semi-finalist, 2024

    • New York City Bar’s National Moot Court Competition, Regional Champion, 2023

    • Mack Kidd Administrative Moot Court Competition, State Champion, Best Oralist, 2023

    • E. Earle Zehmer National Moot Court Competition, Semi-finalist, 2023

    • William Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Competition, National Champion, 2023

    • Mack Kidd Administrative Moot Court Competition, Finalist, 2022

    • Rylee Stanley, The Poor Man’s Problem in Bankruptcy, 55 ST. MARY’S L.J. (2024).