As a reporter, Mary Flood utilized a rare combination of talents to become one of Texas’ most respected legal writers. She was a seasoned Houston Post newspaper reporter before she decided to go to law school – graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School, no less. Mary practiced law in the Washington, D.C., offices of Morrison & Foerster, and as a solo plaintiff’s attorney in Houston before she returned to journalism. She worked for The Wall Street Journal’s Texas Journal and most recently the Houston Chronicle. Flood also taught Media Law & Ethics at the University of Houston for several years while working as a reporter. 

Covering the legal beat, including the business of law, for the Chronicle, Mary developed an enviable network of sources – from judges to clerks, solos to large firms and everyone in between – and led the Chronicle’s award-winning legal coverage of the Enron scandal. She covered hundreds of trials and penned a Chronicle blog and a hard-copy column about the legal business. NPR listeners came to know Mary as the regular guest analyst who could break down the complexities of the Enron scandal in a way that common folks could understand.

Androvett Legal Media & Marketing is proud to welcome Mary to its Houston office, where she will use her news judgment and knowledge of the Texas legal landscape to help lawyers and their clients frame litigation issues and handle crisis communications and mount effective public relations, marketing and advertising campaigns.

“We’ve worked with Mary as a reporter for many, many years,” says Mike Androvett, founder and President of Androvett Legal Media & Marketing. “She is a tough journalist who always asks the hard questions and leaves no stone unturned. She’s exactly the kind of reporter we prepare our clients for, so she’s the first person we thought of to help grow our Houston office.”