Honors and Awards: Texas' Best Lawyers ***, 2009; Lawdragon - Leading Plaintiff Lawyers In America Finalist, 2009; H Magazine Top Lawyers for the People**, 2008; Texas Super Lawyer*, 2004 - 2009; State Bar of Texas - 2006 Certificate of Merit; Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. (*Texas Super Lawyer and Rising Star honors as presented by the Law & Politics Magazine - Key Professional Media, a publication of Texas Monthly. **H Texas Top Lawyers for the People honor as presented by H Texas Magazine. ***Texas' Best Lawyers honor as presented by The Houston Chronicle Best Lawyers - The World's Premier Guide, an Incisive Media publication)

Special Licenses/Certifications: Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Bar/Professional Activity: BAR ADMISSIONS: Texas, 1995, U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico.  PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Hispanic National Bar Association, 2009, Candidate for President-Elect; Houston Bar Association, 2008 - 2010, Board of Directors; Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), Co-Editor In-Chief, Journal of Law and Policy; Region XII Hispanic National Bar Association, 2006 - 2008, Regional President; Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation, Founder and President; Mexican American Bar Association, Texas, 2003 - 2004, Vice President; Mexican American Bar Association, Texas, 2005 - 2006, President; Houston Bar Association, Co-Chair, CLE Commission; Houston Bar Association, 2003 - 2004, Member, Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Commission; State Bar of Texas, Chair, Texas Bar Journal Editorial Board; State Bar of Texas, Hispanic Section, Member; State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Member; State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, 1997 - 2000, Chairman, Grievance Committee, 4G19; American Association for Justice, Member; Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member; Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, 1997 - 1999, Member, Board of Directors; Houston Trial Lawyers Association Advocates, 1998 - 1999, Co-Chairman; American Board of Trial Advocates, Member; Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Directors; Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 2000 - 2001, Member, Fundraising Committees; Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2003, Co-Chairman, CLE Committee; Houston Trial Lawyers Association, 2000, Chairman, HTLA Masters of Trial Seminar; Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Member; Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member; Mexican American Bar Association, Houston, Member, Board of Directors; Mexican American Bar Association, Houston, Judiciary Screening Committee; College of the State Bar of Texas, 1997 - 2000, Chairman, Grievance Committee; Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation, Member; Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Member.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: PUBLISHED WORKS: "Texas Supreme Court Update", Houston Trial Lawyers Newsletter, August, 2003; "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, August, 2003; "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law On-Line CLE Course, January, 2000; "Should Clinical Medical Testimony be Subject to Daubert Analysis?", Texas Bar Journal, January, 1999; "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", Texas Bar Journal, July, 1995; "Social Host Liability: Friends Can Let Friends Drive Drunk!", The Houston Lawyer, August, 1994; "What About the Parents?", Texas Bar Journal, May, 2003; "Construction Law/Contractor Liability: Control is Key", Texas Bar Journal, January, 2003; "Ethics in Personal Injury", Houston Bar Association On-Line CLE Course, January, 2003; "Changing Faces of the HBA", The Houston Lawyer, May/June, 2003; "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", South Texas College of Law. CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT: Speaker, "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002; Chairman and Moderator, "Experts: How to Pick Them, Present Them, Protect Them and Pick Them Apart", South Texas College of Law, Personal Injury Law Conference, 2002; "Preparing Your Case: From Discovery to Trial"; Speaker, University of Houston Law Center, 2002; "A Road Map For Sports & Recreational Injury Lawsuits", Sports & Entertainment Law in the Year 2001 Seminar, 2001; Chairman and Moderator, "Document Production and Organization", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Houston, 2001; Chairman and Moderator, "Discovery About Experts", Advanced Civil Discovery Seminar, University of Houston Law Center CLE Program, 2001; Chairman and Moderator, "Self-Insurers and Non-Subscribers: Special Considerations in Suing and Defending", Insurance Law Seminar, University of Houston Law Center CLE Program, 2001; Chairman and Moderator, "Practice Pointers from the Bench", Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 2001; Speaker, "Litigation Updates: New Discovery Rules/New Evidence Rules", Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, 2001; Moderator and Seminar Chairman, Houston Trial Lawyers Association Masters of Trial 2000 Seminar, 2000; Speaker, "Life of a Trial Lawyer", University of Houston Law Center, 2000; Speaker, "Accident Reconstruction", Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Daubert/Robinson Challenge Seminar, 2000; Chairman and Moderator, "The Economics of Handling Car Wreck Cases With Forms", South Texas College of Law, CLE Program, Automobile Injury Conference, 2000; Panelist Speaker, "Preparing the Total Package", South Texas College of Law, 2000; Panelist Speaker, "Gearing Up to Get Hired", South Texas College of Law, 1999; New Discovery Rules, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, CLE Seminar, 1999; South Texas College of Law CLE Program; "Crunching the Numbers: The Economics of Handling an Automobile Injury Case", Automobile Injury Conference-Planning Committee, 1999; Discovery/Discovery Analysis and Document Control, Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, Litigation Paralegal Course, 1999; "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003; "The Homestretch: Preparing PI Cases from 60 Days Out", Houston Bar Association Bench Bar Conference CLE, 2003; "Ethics in Picking Your Client", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003; Chairman & Moderator, "Construction Law/Contractor Liability", South Texas College of Law: Personal Injury Law Conference, 2003; "Wrongful Death Cases in Texas-Experts", Lorman Educational Services Seminar, 2002; Houston Bar Association CLE, "Ethics in Personal Injury", 2002; "Mediation of an Automobile Accident Case", South Texas College of Law: Mediation for Litigators, 2002; "Experts: How to Pick Them, Protect Them, and Pick Them Apart", Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas: Legal Assistants U-A Three Day Seminar with a Collegiate Theme, 2002; "Brown v. Board of Education", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2004; "Power to Persuade", University of Houston Comm. Dept., 2004; "Using Your Bar Association Membership to Help Advance Your Career", ABA Minority Bar Summit, 2004; "Tort Reform", MABAT Annual Meeting CLE Program, 2003; "Recent Developments in Construction Law", MABAH CLE Program; "Practical Tips for Lawyers in The Post-Tort Reform Era", Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Matthews & Friend In-House CLE, 2003; "Experts: How to Pick Them, and Pick Them Apart", Houston Bar Association CLE, 2003; Guest Speaker, Burton Elementary 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony, 2003.

Educational Background: South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1995, J.D. Honors: Board of Advocates, Law Review: South Texas College Law Review (T.M.S.L.), Member;  University of Houston, 1987, Graduate Studies, Major: Microbiology;  Houston Baptist University, 1986, B.S. Wesleyan Academy, Puerto Rico, 1981.