Rosemarie Kanusky joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in the San Antonio location in 1999. As counsel, she focuses her practice on litigation and appellate matters. Prior to joining Fulbright, Ms. Kanusky served as a staff attorney for the Fourth Court of Appeals assigned to Justice Paul W. Green. Before her assignment to Justice Green, Ms. Kanusky was assigned to all justices of the Fourth Court of Appeals as a research attorney. Ms. Kanusky served as a briefing attorney for Justice Tom Rickhoff of the Fourth Court of Appeals, as well as Justice Tim Taft of the First Court of Appeals and Justice Lee Duggan of the First Court of Appeals. Ms. Kanusky was a judicial intern for the First Court of Appeals and the Honorable Sim Lake, U.S. District Court Judge.

Ms. Kanusky focuses her practice on appellate matters, and has briefed and argued a variety of appeals and original proceedings in state and federal appellate courts. She also provides litigation support for the Firm's trial attorneys by researching legal issues and drafting corresponding motions and pleadings.

• State Bar of Texas - Appellate Section
• San Antonio Bar Association - Appellate Section
• College of the State Bar of Texas

Ms. Kanusky has held several offices in the Appellate Section of the San Antonio Bar and has served on several committees for the Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas. In 1997, she served as recording secretary for the Local Rules Committee of the Fourth Court of Appeals. In 2005 and 2007, Ms. Kanusky was named one of "San Antonio's Best Appellate Lawyers" by Scene in SA magazine.

• Speaker & Author, Nonjury Appeals, SBOT Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, September 2002
• Co-Author with W. Wendell Hall et al., What's New in Standards of Review, U.T. 11th Annual Conference on State & Federal Appeals, May 2001
• Member of the Seminar Planning Committee, Speaker & Author, Appealing Non-Jury Cases, SBOT Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, September 2000
• Member of the Seminar Planning Committee, Speaker & Author, A Look Inside the Fourth Court of Appeals, Appellate Law in the New Millennium: Bridging Theoretical Foundation with Practical Application, March 1999
• Member of the Seminar Planning Committee & Co-Author with Justice Sarah B. Duncan, Proposed TRAP Amendments: Introduction to a Brave New World, Practice Before the Fourth & Thirteenth Courts of Appeals, May 1997
• Member of the Seminar Planning Committee, Speaker & Author, Briefing Clerks Do's and Don'ts, Practice Before the Fourth Court of Appeals, November 1995
• "Pharmaceutical Harmonization: Standardizing Regulations Among the United States, the European Economic Community, and Japan," 16 Hous. J. Int'l L., 1994

• "How KM Was Won," 28th Annual Educational Conference, International Legal Technology Association, Phoenix, August 2005
• "E-Brief: Creating a Dynamic Digital Brief," Dallas Bar Association, Appellate Section, Dallas, September 2003
• "Nonjury Appeals," Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, State Bar of Texas, Austin, September 2002
• "Appealing Non-Jury Cases," Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, State Bar of Texas, Austin, September 2000

1994 - J.D., cum laude, University of Houston Law Center
1988 - B.A., summa cum laude, Our Lady of the Lake University

Ms. Kanusky was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1994 and is also authorized to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Outside of work, Rose volunteers in her neighborhood of historic homes, practices iaido and kendo (Japanese-style fencing), and enjoys her membership in the Association of Traditional Rug Hooking Artists (ATHA). She has served on the boards of several non-profits, including the King William Association and ATHA's Heart of Texas Chapter. She currently serves on the boards of the Japan America Society of San Antonio and the Southern United States Kendo & Iaido Federation. Rose is also the chair of the King William Fair, an official Fiesta San Antonio event.