Grecia Sarda advises clients on corporate reorganization, restructuring, liquidation, acquisitions, and associated litigation. She advises debtors, DIP lenders, official committees of unsecured creditors, and other creditors across many industries, including oil and gas, energy, finance, retail, real estate, and manufacturing.

Grecia earned her J.D., cum laude, from South Texas College of Law Houston, where she served as a member of the South Texas Law Review. During law school, she also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Marcia A. Crone on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and to the Honorable Alfred H. Bennett on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Prior to joining Porter Hedges, Grecia served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Craig A. Gargotta on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas and to the Honorable Rachel R. Mancl on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Credentials

Education

J.D., South Texas College of Law Houston, cum laude, 2022

South Texas Law Review, Assistant Editor in Chief
CALI Award in Legal Research & Writing II
Presidential Fellows Program
2020 Blask Fellow
Dean’s Honor List
Phi Delta Phi Honor Society

B.A., Baylor University, 2018

Admissions

Texas

Clerkships

  • Chief Judge Craig A. Gargotta, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas, 2023-2024
  • Judge Rachel R. Mancl, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 2022-2023

Newsroom

Publications

  • "The Private Prison Industry’s Unwarranted § 1983 Benefits," 76 Ala. L. Rev. 1 (Contributing Author)
    Publication, Alabama Law Review, 11.01.2024
  • “Case Summaries: Fifth Circuit and District Court Opinions,” The University of Texas School of Law 2024 Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Conference (Contributing Author)
    Publication, 07.11.2024
  • "Case Law Update,” 2024 Honorable Ronald B. King Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference (Contributing Author)
    Publication, 04.11.2023

Speaking Engagements

  • “What to Know: Judicial Clerkships and Internships,” South Texas College of Law Houston
    Speaking Engagement, 10.26.2023
  • “A Day in the Life of a Bankruptcy Attorney,” South Texas College of Law Houston
    Speaking Engagement, 09.28.2023
  • “Case Law Update,” 2024 Honorable Ronald B. King Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference
    Speaking Engagement, 04.11.2023

Affiliations

State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section, Young Lawyers Committee, Member
International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Member, Houston Chapter
Larry E. Kelly American Inn of Court, Pupil, 2023-2024