Honors and Awards:

• Martindale-Hubbell (AV) rated, see summary

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005; Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2008; Licensed, State Bar of California, 1994; U.S. Federal District Courts, Northern District of California; Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1995; U.S. Courts of Appeals, 5th and 9th Circuits

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Texas School of Law; Graduate, Trial Lawyer's College, Grad I and Grad II Courses; The College of the State Bar of Texas; Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Texas Trial Lawyer's Association, (TTLA) Board Member; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Austin Bar Association, Board Member, Civil Litigation Section; American Inn of Court, Robert W. Calvert chapter; American Bar Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Paper, "Preparing to Depose the Adverse Medical Expert," State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistant's University Annual Seminar, September 2010. Paper, "Deposing the Adverse Medical Expert," UT CLE Car Wrecks Seminar, August 2010. Speaker, “Drunk Is Different: Prosecuting the DWI Car Wreck,” UT Car Wrecks Seminar, August 2009. Speaker, “Getting Extra From the Ordinary,” CATLA May 2009 Meeting. Speaker, “Getting Extra From the Ordinary,” TTLA Regional CLE Program, 2008. Paper, “Voir Dire: Strategies after Cortez and Hyundai,” ABA Ultimate Trial Notebook, September 2008. There I Was, Surrounded by the Enemy, (an article on jury selection), Trial, July 2008. Paper, “Voir Dire: Strategies after Cortez and Hyundai,” State Bar of Texas Advanced PI Course, August 2007. In the Eyes of the Beholder, (an article on driver perception-reaction), Trial, February 2007. Speaker, “Voir Dire after Cortez,” UT CLE Car Wrecks Seminar, January 2006. Speaker, “Voir Dire after Cortez,” TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, November 2005. Speaker, “Voir Dire after Cortez,” TTLA New Techniques Under HB4, Oct. 2005. Speaker, “Common Discovery Issues in Personal Injury Litigation,” State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistant’s University Annual Seminar, September 2005. Voir Dire in Low Speed Collision Cases – Plaintiff’s View, 96 Am Jur TRIALS 1,    (2005). Speaker, “The Law of Voir Dire,” TTLA Advanced PI Conference, April 2005. The Client Who Needed Me Most, Trial, April 2005. Speaker, “Common Evidentiary Issues and Problems,” ABA Ultimate Trial Notebook, February 2005. Speaker, “How to Prosecute the $5-50K Car Wreck Case,” UT CLE Car Wrecks Seminar, December 2004. Speaker, “Handling Property Damage Claims,” TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, Sep 2004. Select the Right Jury for Your Case, Trial, April 2004. Speaker, “Overcoming Juror Bias in Auto Cases,” TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, 2003.Proof of the Road Hazard Case, 71 Am Jur POF3d 1, (2003). When Poles in the Right-of-way are Wrong, Trial, Feb. 2003. Paving the Way for a Road Hazard Case, Trial, Jan. 2002. An Equitable Approach to Applying the Attorney Client Privilege to Defunct Lenders, 19 J. Corp. L. 69 (1993).

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Corporation Law, University of Iowa, 1993-94.

Educational Background:

• BBA with Honors and Distinction in Finance, University of Iowa College of Business, 1991;  JD with Distinction, University of Iowa College of Law, 1994.