LaCrecia Perkins
Partner
LaCrecia Perkins is a real estate lawyer that assists property owners and property interest holders alike in navigating through complex litigation. She helps her clients navigate a wide variety of real estate issues involving purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, property management agreements, and other real estate contracts. She’s pursued and defended against claims that include breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, commercial evictions, and large commercial foreclosures. LaCrecia’s experience extends to real estate finance disputes under construction loan agreements, including promissory notes, deeds of trusts, mortgages, and personal guarantees.
LaCrecia is also adept at navigating the legal complexities of legal practice across a variety of other industries, including private equity, telecommunications, insurance, public housing, and others. Her extensive background allows her to provide comprehensive legal solutions tailored to the unique needs of her diverse clients. Skilled in advisory, pre-litigation, and litigation roles, LaCrecia has consistently demonstrated the ability to achieve favorable outcomes for her clients.
Outside of Work
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, LaCrecia is proud to be a wife and mother of twins. Outside the courtroom, she loves to travel, attend concerts, listen to Audible, and spend quality time with her family and friends.
- Litigation, Disputes, Appeals
- Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure
Education
- Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2015; Managing Editor, Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 2014-2015; Marie Trahan/Susman Godfrey Scholar; Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Program
- Houston Baptist University, B.A., Government, magna cum laude, 2012; President’s Award, 2012; President’s Scholarship; Leadership Award, 2011
Clerkships
- Honorable Renée Harris Toliver, United States Magistrate Judge, U.S District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2015-16
Bar + Court Admissions
- Licensed in Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District, California
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, Colorado
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, Hawaii
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District, Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District, Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District, Texas
- X - The Next Generation List, Commercial Litigation, Lawdragon 500, 2024-2025
- Leading Litigators in America, Construction Litigation, Lawdragon 500, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2022-2026
- Texas Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2026
- Texas Rising Stars, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022-2025
- President and Board Member, NEW Roundtable
- Member, Texas Minority Counsel Program; TMCP Steering Committee
- Member, J.L. Turner Legal Association
- Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Member, Attorneys Serving the Community
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Panel Speaker, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity 2024 Women Build Virtual Panel, March 2024
