Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she teaches and writes in the areas of civil procedure and business law. She has published articles in the Seattle University Law Review, Albany Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, and Securities Regulation Law Journal. In the classroom and in her articles, Professor Couture draws from her practice experience as a law clerk to a federal district court judge and as a securities litigator. Professor Couture enjoys integrating her scholarship with her teaching and credits her first-year civil procedure students for inspiring her to write this essay.1