Honors and Awards:

• Superb "10.0" Rated, Avvo
• "AV" Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, since 2000
• 1 L Class President, Baylor University School of Law
• SBA Board of Governors, Baylor University School of Law
• Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity, Baylor University School of Law
• American Jurisprudence Award in Practice Court, Baylor University School of Law
• Hilton E. Howell Memorial Scholarship, Baylor University School of Law
• Judge James R. Jenkins Memorial Scholarship, Baylor University School of Law
• John C. Gabbert, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, Baylor University School of Law
• Dean's List, Baylor University School of Law
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Admitted, State Bar of Texas, 1990  
• Member, American Association for Justice, 2002 - Present
• Sustaining Member, Board of Directors, Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• President, San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, 2008
• Chairman, Bexar County Justice PAC of SATLA, 2008

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Underwriter, Meating the Need (a charity that feeds the homeless in San Antonio, Texas)

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Texas Medical-Legal Jurisprudence Course, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1991 - 1994
• "Arizona v. Youngblood: A Blueprint to Convict the Innocent?", 41 Baylor L. Rev. 775, 1989
• "Medical Malpractice: Theory and Prevention", Texas Osteopathic Medical Association, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1992
• "Discoverability of Credentials Files", Regional Risk Managers, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston, Texas, 1993
• "Discoverability of Credentials Files", Regional Risk Managers, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston, Texas, 1993
• "Specialized Discovery Devices", University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Civil Discovery Seminar, Dallas, Texas, 1994
• "Discoverability of House Staff Evaluations", Graduate Medical Education Committee Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1994
• "Statutory Hurdles to the Removal of Corneal Tissue", Lion's Eye Bank, Houston, Texas, 1994
• "Malpractice Claims: Avoiding the Trap", Plastic Surgery Service, Dermatology Service, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1996
• Mock Deposition of Dr. Janice Kay, Fourth Year Medical Students, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1998
• "Witness Preparation", Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, 1999
• Mock Focus Group Presentation, Greater Houston Society of Healthcare Risk Management Education Day, Houston, Texas, 1999
• "Witness Preparation", Memorial Hermann Hospital System, 2000
• "Pressure Manometers: Standard of Care?", Cardiopulmonary Department of Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital, 2000
• "Settlements, Liens and Ethics", State Bar of Texas 19th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2003
•  "The Most Commonly Encountered Liens and Subrogation Interests in Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Negligence Cases", State Bar of Texas 19th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2003
• "New Malpractice Caps Will Hurt Children, Elderly", San Antonio Express-News, December 11, at 7B, 2003
• "New and Old Money Grubbers: Liens, Subrogation and the Made-Whole Doctrine", Texas Trial Lawyers Association 14th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2003
• "How do Liens and Subrogations Influence the Damage Equation?", State Bar of Texas "Real Damages After HB4" Seminar, 2004
• "Lienholders: Those Pesky Parasites", South Texas College of Law Personal Injury/Automobile Injury Conference, 2004
• "New and Old Money Grubbers: Liens, Subrogation and the Made Whole Doctrine (Same Song – Second Verse)" , Texas Trial Lawyers Association 15th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2004
• "New and Old Money Grubbers: Liens, Subrogation and the Made-Whole Doctrine", State Bar of Texas "Real Damages After HB4" Seminar, 2004
• "New and Old Money Grubbers: Liens, Subrogation and the Made-Whole Doctrine (Same Song – Second Verse)", Texas Trial Lawyers Association 15th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2004
• "When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy", Legal Ethics in Texas Seminar, 2005
• "Recovering Damages After House Bill 4", State Bar of Texas 21st Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2005
• "Nursing Home Cases: Selection and Profitability", Texas Trial Lawyers Association 16th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2005
• "The Money Pit: Liens and Subrogation Interests", State Bar of Texas 21st Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2005
• "When Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy", Legal Ethics in Texas Seminar, 2005
• "When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy", State Bar of Texas 22nd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2006
• "When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy", State Bar of Texas 22nd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2006
• "Ethics: Avoiding the Grievance Committee", San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association's ‘Real World’ CLE for Personal Injury Lawyers, 2007
• "Avoiding a Grievance / Malpractice: When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy!," (Second Verse, Same as the First), State Bar of Texas 23rd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, 2007
• "New Paradigms", State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, 2008
• "Medical Malpractice Update", State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, San Antonio, 2008
• "New Paradigms: Life After Tort Reform", Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, 2008
• "Mental Anguish Damages in Personal Injury Cases", Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wreck Seminar, San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association CLE, Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association CLE, Houston Advocates Luncheon CLE, and Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2008
• "Avoiding a Grievance / Malpractice: When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy!" (Third Verse)”, Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio, 2009
• "Proving Mental Anguish Damages in Personal Injury Cases", San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association 4th Annual 'Real World' C.L.E., 2010
• "Mental Anguish Damages in Personal Injury Cases", San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association 4th Annual 'Real World' C.L.E., 2010
• Medical/Legal Recap, San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association Real World C.L.E. , 2011
• "Developing Case Theme and Theory", Texas Medical Board Trial Skills Course, 2011
• "Mental Anguish Damages in Personal Injury Cases", Texas Trial Lawyers Association Road Rules San Antonio - A Crash Course, 2011
• "The Carreras Trap & Stockton Excuse", Texas Trial Lawyers Association 22nd Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, 2011

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Making a Difference Award, Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2008,  Membership Excellence Award, Texas Trial Lawyers Association 2009 
• Managing Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1990
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers , 2011

Educational Background:

• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, B.A. in Psychology, 1984