Honors and Awards:

• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Texas Super Lawyer – 2003-2010; Texas Super Lawyer – Top 100 Lawyers in Texas – 2005 - 2010; Texas Super Lawyer – Top 100 Dallas/Ft. Worth Super Lawyers – 2005 - 2010; D Magazine – Best Lawyers in Dallas – 2008.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Lead Counsel for the State of Texas on the Texas High-Speed Rail Project; Counsel to Dallas School Board President Kathleen Leos in 1998 DISD litigation; Counsel for LJM2 Investors in Enron litigation against Merrill Lynch; Counsel to Securus Corp. in $10 million litigation licensing program; Counsel to Elk Corp in tender offer litigation.  PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:  State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association - Past Chairman, CLE Committee, Bench Bar Book Committee, Judicial Poll Committee; Criminal Justice Act Attorney Panel Member.   BAR ADMISSIONS: State Bar of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Claims Court State Courts of Texas; Court of Indian Appeals.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Basic English Program, Director; Catholic Foundation Advisory Board, Director ; Children's Education Fund, Chairman; Dallas Zoological Society, Executive Board Member; Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Director, GroupOne Division; Next Generation Fund, Director; North Texas Entrepreneur Foundation, Director; North Texas Region of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Director; St. Jude Hospital, Chairman, Annual Event, 2005-2006; University of Houston Law School Foundation, Board Member.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-Author - Texas Litigation Plans & Forms - 2005.