She is a former associate with Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP in the Houston office working with closely held and family-owned mid-cap businesses in tax, partnership, and general business planning. Alicia has over fifteen years of both in-house and private-practice experience in counseling management and investors in various corporate matters, including optimizing organizational structures for tax, liability, and intellectual property management purposes; private placements, succession planning for business sales; and mergers and acquisitions. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas and bachelor's degrees in economics and history from the College of William and Mary.