Honors and Awards:

• An evaluation of lawyers by other lawyers., One of the Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America Magazine, 2010

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board certified in personal injury by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1992.  She is one of 7,000 out of 70,000 attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas who has passed the board certification examination and can represent herself as a specialist in the area of personal injury law.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• She has served on the District 6A Grievance Committee, she is a Past President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association and is Past President of the Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• “Workers’ Compensation Annual Survey of Texas Law,” 42 Southwestern Law Journal 77, 1988“No More Free Rides,” 22 Trial Lawyers Forum No. 1, 1988“The Most Jealous Care: The Role of Guardian Ad Litem,” 9 Texas Personal Injury Law Reporter 1, 1992 Advanced Torts, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003., Lecture, Advanced Torts, Southern University Law School, 1999

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Child abuse: $5,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Fall at work: $5,000,000.00Wrongful death. Burns: $4,350,000.00; Wrongful death. Trucking accident: $4,350,000.00; Burns. Natural gas: $4,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns apartment fire: $3,500,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns: $2,800,00.00; Wrongful death. Automobile accident: $2,525,034.00; Burns. Natural gas: $2,560,000.00Wrongful death. Trucking accident: $2,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Crushed by a hammermill: $1,980,000.00; Wrongful death. Fell onto conveyer belt and was crushed: $1,850,000.00; Wrongful death. Burns on the job: $1,750,000.00; Wrongful death. Trench cave in: $1,500,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck train accident: $1,460,000.00; Personal injury, rape and beating: $1,300,000.00; Wrongful death. Fell 13 stories from scaffold: $1,030,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck accident: $1,000,000.00; Wrongful death. Truck accident: $980,000.00

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• “Evacuation Safety and Liability Construction,” Society of American Engineers, 1991, 1993, 1995