Honors and Awards:

• Presented “The Issues and Problems Presented by ‘Following Form’ Excess Coverage” at the Defense Research Institute’s Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1990)
• Presented “Duty to Defend and the Right to Control the Defense” at the Defense Research Institute’s Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1991)
• Presented “Environmental Coverage Under First-Party Policies” at the Texas-Louisiana Oil and Gas Symposium (1992)
• Presented “The Advice of Counsel Defense — Its Parameters and Drawbacks” at the Defense Research Institute’s Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1992)
• Presented “Reinsurance — What Is It?” at the University of Texas Insurance Law Institute (1996)
• Presented “Insurance Coverage for Punitive Damages” to the Texas Association of Defense Counsel Seminar (2001)
• Presented “Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Difference Between Breach of Insurance Contract and Bad-Faith Actions” to the University of Texas Annual Insurance Law Institute (2004)
• Presented “Extra-contractual Claims in the Third-Party Context: Dead or Alive” to the Dallas Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section (2005)
• Presented “Subrogation and Liens – Maximizing Your Client’s Recovery” to the University of Houston’s Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims Seminar (2007)
• Presented “Coverage Issues in Construction Defect Claims” to the University of Houston’s Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims Seminar (2008)
• Selected to Chambers USA Best Business Lawyers 2003-2011
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America 2008-2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Texas Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (Judiciary and Fee Dispute Committees)

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Coverage Issues in Construction Defect Claims, unpublished paper presented to the University of Houston's Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims seminar (Houston and Dallas, April 2008)  •Subrogation and Liens - Maximizing Your Client's Recovery, unpublished paper presented to the University of Houston's Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims seminar (Houston and Dallas, March 2007)  •Extra-contractual Claims in the Third-Party Context: Dead or Alive, unpublished presentation to the Dallas Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section (May 2005)  •Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Difference Between Breach of Insurance Contract and Bad-Faith Actions, unpublished paper presented to the University of Texas 9th Annual Insurance Law Institute (November 2004)  •Insurance Coverage for Punitive Damages, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Seminar (Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2001)  •Compelling Receivers to Arbitrate Under the Federal Arbitration Act, unpublished paper presented as part of the Mealey's Insurance Insolvency and Reinsurance Roundtable discussion on "Flirting With Disaster: Insolvency" (April 1999)  •Reinsurance -- What Is It?, unpublished paper presented at the University of Texas Insurance Law Institute (September 1996)  •Environmental Coverage Under First-Party Policies, unpublished paper presented at the Texas-Louisiana Oil and Gas Symposium (1992)  •Compelling Receivers to Arbitrate Under the Federal Arbitration Act, unpublished paper presented as part of the Mealey's Insurance Insolvency and Reinsurance Roundtable discussion on "Flirting With Disaster: Insolvency" (April 1999)  •Reinsurance -- What Is It?, unpublished paper presented at the University of Texas Insurance Law Institute (September 1996)  •Environmental Coverage Under First-Party Policies, unpublished paper presented at the Texas-Louisiana Oil and Gas Symposium (1992)  •The Advice of Counsel Defense -- Its Parameters and Drawbacks, unpublished paper presented at the Defense Research Institute's Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1992)  •Duty to Defend and the Right to Control the Defense, unpublished paper presented at the Defense Research Institute's Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1991)  •The Issues and Problems Presented by "Following Form" Excess Coverage, unpublished paper presented at the Defense Research Institute's Annual Symposium on Excess and Reinsurance (1990)

Representative Clients:

• The Hartford, Specialty Risk Services, The Republic Group, Cumulus Media, Inc., STICO Mutual Insurance Co., Zenith Insurance Company

Educational Background:

• (B.A.S., 1975) Southern Methodist University
• (J.D., 1978) SMU Dedman School of Law, cum laude