Franci Neeley Crane

Education

    •    B.A., University of Texas, 1972
    •    J. D., University of Texas, 1978

Professional

Mrs. Crane is a partner at Susman Godfrey L.L.P. and has been a business litigator for over twenty years.  She was named by a Houston paper as one of the “women lawyers men feared.”

While litigation is the business side of Mrs. Crane, her charity and community work shows her true passion for helping others.  She sits and serves as chair on the Executive Committees of The Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and Inprint, Inc..  Mrs. Crane is also a member of the board of the Houston Greeters, the Recipe for Success Foundation, Bo’s Place, Episcopal Health Charities, Communities in Schools Houston, and an advisory board member of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.  In 2004 Mayor Bill White appointed Mrs. Crane to serve on the Board of Houston Media Source, the entity which operates Houston’s public access cable channel.   

As a result of all of her efforts as a community service member, Mrs. Crane was named as one of the ten 2002 Women of Distinction in Houston by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc., and ABC’s Channel 13.

Mrs. Crane graduated from the University of Texas with her B.A. magna cum laude, and received her law degree with high honors in 1978 from the UT Austin Law School.