Honors and Awards:

• Listed in,The Best Lawyers in America® in 'Commercial Litigation' and 'Commercial Litigation - Defendants' (Woodward/White, Inc. 2012); recognized in 'General Litigation' as featured in Texas Monthly; Editor-in-Chief, Tulsa Law Review; Outstanding Law Graduate Award, Oklahoma Oklahoma Bar Association. 

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Advisory Committee, National Board of Trial Advocacy, Boston, Massachusetts (2009-present)(Board of Examiners from 2005); Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy (2002-present); Author, Courtoom Evidence Examination, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (2006 to present);Member, Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee of the State Bar of Texas (1996-98);Member, Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the State Bar of Texas (2000-04);Panel Chair, District 9A Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas (2002-03)(member from 1997);Member, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas (1992-present);Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel (1990-present);Board of Directors, Austin Bar Association (1997-99);Governing Council, Austin Bar Association Civil Litigation Section (2009-present); Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court, Robert W. Calvert Chapter (2005-present); Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (1999-present); Founding Life Fellow, Austin Bar Foundation (2005-present).    

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-Chair, "Ultimate Trial Notebook 2011," Austin Bar Association Civil Litiation Section (Nov. 2011); Presenter, "Lawyers and Social Network Media Websites: Litigation and Advertising Issues,"  American Inns of Court, Austin, Texas (Nov. 2009);Co-Chair, "Ultimate Trial Notebook 2009," Austin Bar Association Civil Litigation Section (Oct. 2009); Author, Advanced Evidence Examination, National Board Certification of Civil Trial Specialists, National Board of Trial Advocacy, National Board of Legal Speciality Certification (Jan. 2009); Presenter, "The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008: Economic Bailout - Litigation Fallout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis," American Inns of Court, Austin, Texas (Nov. 2008); Presenter, "Tort Reform Time Machine,“ American Inns of Court, Austin, Texas (Mar. 2007);"Ask a Super Lawyer,” Automated Camera Defenses, Texas Monthly (Oct. 2006); Presenter, "Litigating Disaster Recovery Issues," American Inns of Court, Austin, Texas (Oct. 2006); Author, Advanced Evidence Examination, National Board Certification of Civil Trial Specialists, National Board of Trial Advocacy, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (2006); National Business Institute, "How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Texas"(Co-Chair) Austin, Texas (2002);Panelest, Review of Litigation/Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, "Conflicts of Interest Symposium: Cutting Edge Conflicts of Interest Hypotheticals," Austin, Texas (1997);Presenter, Advanced Civil Trial Course, "Offering and Excluding Evidence," Houston, Texas (State Bar of Texas) (1996);Presenter, Austin Bar Association, "Offering and Excluding Evidence in Commercial Trials," Austin, Texas (1996);Presenter, Advanced Civil Trial Course, "Sanctions and Alternatives to Sanctions," Houston, Texas (State Bar of Texas) (1996);Presenter, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, "Texas Rules of Evidence: Predicates and Exclusions for Selected Rules," Lake Tahoe, Nevada (1996);Presenter, Advanced Civil Trial Course, "Offering and Excluding Evidence," Fort Worth, Texas (State Bar of Texas) (1996);Presenter, Advanced Civil Trial Course, "Offering and Excluding Evidence," San Antonio, Texas (State Bar of Texas) (1996);Panelest, Houston Board of Realtors, "Dual Agency and Broker Liability," Houston, Texas (1986);Nova Health Systems, "Preparing for the Jury Trial," San Antonio, Texas (1986);Author, "Whom Do You Represent? Knowing Your Principals – Accidental Agency" (co-author), 39 Texas Realtor 6 (Feb. 1986);Paneliest,Texas Association of Realtors, "Litigation Tips for the Unwary," Austin, Texas (1985); Author, "Helicopteros Nacionales v. Hall: Clarifying the Limits of Personal Jurisdiction," 48 Texas Bar J. 651 (1985).

Educational Background:

• University of California at Los Angeles (1977), B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Political Science, University of Tulsa College of Law (1981), J.D., Highest Honors.