Honors and Awards:

• Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Texas Bar Foundation
• International Association of Defense Counsel, Member
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, Director, 1978 to 1979
• State Bar of Texas Section of Litigation, Director, 1998 to 2000

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-Author, "Injunctive and Monetary Relief in Class Actions in the Fifth Circuit," State Bar of Texas Antitrust Business Litigation Section Report (April, 2002)
• Co-Author, "Damages," 14 The Advocate 362 (1995)
• Co-Author, "Valuation of Oil Royalties:  From the Perspective of the Payor," 47 Institute on Oil & Gas Law, 7 TAX'N 6-1 (Matthew Bender, 1996)
• Author, “Legal Consequences and Ethical Implications of Physical Evidence Spoliation,” Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law, 9th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, October 12, 2010

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America), Inc., 469 F.Supp. 1 (1979)
• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America), Inc., 664 F.2d 480 (1981)
• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America) Inc., 654 F.2d 302 (1981)
• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America), Inc., 643 F.2d 353 (1981)
• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America), Inc., 687 F.2d 129 (1982)
• Spiess v. C. Itoh & Co. (America), Inc., 725 F.2d 970 (1984)
• Axelson, Inc. v. McIlhany, 755 S.W.2d 170 (1988)
• American Precision Vibrator Co. v. National Air Vibrator Co.,764 S.W.2d 274 (1988)
• Tom L. Scott, Inc. v. McIlhany, 798 S.W.2d 556 (Tex. October 24, 1990)
• Axelson, Inc. v. McIlhany, 798 S.W.2d 550 (Tex. October 24, 1990)
• Bareford v. General Dynamics Corp., 973 F.2d 1138 (5th Cir.(Tex.) September 16, 1992)
• Apache Corp. v. Moore,891 S.W.2d 671 (Tex.App.-Amarillo July 29, 1994)
• Perez v. Lockheed Corp., 88 F.3d 340 (5th Cir.(Tex.) July 05, 1996)
• Nelon v. Mitchell Energy Corp., 941 F.Supp. 73 (N.D.Tex. August 28, 1996)
• In re Air Disaster at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 8/29/90, 81 F.3d 570 (5th Cir.(Tex.) April 29, 1996)
• Mitchell Energy Corp. v. Ashworth, 943 S.W.2d 436 (Tex. April 18, 1997)
• Apache Corp. v. Moore, 960 S.W.2d 746 (Tex.App.-Amarillo July 31, 1997)
• John Wood Group USA, Inc. v. ICO, Inc., 26 S.W.3d 12 (Tex.App.-Hous. (1 Dist.) March 09, 2000)
• Swank v. Sverdlin, 121 S.W.3d 785 (Tex.App.-Hous. (1 Dist.) September 04, 2003)
• Nelson v. Williams, 135 S.W.3d 202 (Tex.App.-Waco March 24, 2004)
• Beverick v. Koch Power, Inc., 186 S.W.3d 145 (Tex.App.-Hous. (1 Dist.) December 29, 2005)
• Khan v. Trans Chemical Ltd., 178 Fed.Appx. 419 (5th Cir.(Tex.) May 05, 2006)
• In re Eckstein Marine Service L.L.C., 672 F.3d 310 (5th Cir.(Tex.) February 22, 2012)

Representative Clients:

• Representative clients and references are available upon request.