Fletcher, Lizzie, 1975-

FLETCHER, Elizabeth Pannill, a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 13, 1975; graduated from St. John’s School, Houston, Tex., 1993; B.A., Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; 1997; J.D., College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 2006; lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2019-present).

<p>Elizabeth Ann Pannill Fletcher (born February 13, 1975) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, she represents Texas's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district, which was once represented by George H. W. Bush, includes much of western Houston.</p>

<p>Fletcher was born at Hermann Hospital in Houston on February 13, 1975. She grew up in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston and graduated from St. John's School.</p>

<p>Fletcher left Texas to attend Kenyon College in Ohio, where she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors, and then attended William & Mary Law School in Virginia.</p>

<p>She then returned to Houston, where she worked for the law firm Vinson & Elkins. Later, she worked at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, where she met her husband, Scott, and became the firm's first female law partner.</p>

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Lizzie Fletcher represents Texas’ Seventh Congressional District, in the greater Houston area. Located entirely within Harris County, the district includes residents of Houston, Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, Hedwig Village, Hilshire Village, Hunters Creek Village, Jersey Village, Piney Point Village, Southside Place, Spring Valley Village, West University Place, and unincorporated Harris County west to Katy.</p>

<p>A resident of Houston and Congressional District 7 nearly all of her life, Congresswoman Fletcher was elected to represent the district in 2018. Prior to her election, she represented Houstonians in the courtroom as a lawyer on a wide range of matters, first at an international law firm headquartered in Houston and later at a boutique litigation firm, where she became its first woman partner.</p>

<p>Congresswoman Fletcher graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio in 1997, where she earned highest honors in History and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After college, she worked in the business and non-profit sectors for six years before attending William & Mary Law School in Virginia. At William & Mary, she was the editor-in-chief of the William & Mary Law Review and received the Gambrell Professionalism Award when she graduated in 2006.</p>