Honors and Awards:

• ‘AV' Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubble Legal Directory; Named "Top Attorney" in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2003-2011; Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004-2011; Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Selected to the prestigous American Board of Trial Advocates; Selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County, Northeast Tarrant County, and Northeast Texas Bar Associations; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 2007 -) (Director, Political Action Committee, 2007 -); Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2007) (Director, 2003 -); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas; Former Officer in the United States Army Reserves JAGC; Actively involved in Pro Bono cases in Tarrant and Parker County.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Adjunct Professor for Advanced Trial Advocacy, Baylor University School of Law; Speaker, Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas; Speaker, Texas Trial Lawyer Association, CLE (Key West, Belize, Costa Rica); Speaker, Tarrant County Trial Lawyer Association CLE.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• 47th Largest Verdict in United States in 2004; 5th Largest Verdict in Texas in 2004; $37 Million Verdict in Sexual Abuse Case; $32 Million Settlement in Sexual Abuse Case; $20 Million Bad Faith Insurance Settlement; $7.25 Million Settlement for Brain Injury; $6 Million Settlement for Brain Injury; $1.7 Million Settlement After Week Long Trial in Wrongful Death Case; multiple other 7 figure confidential settlements.

Educational Background:

• Texas Christian University, Business Management, 1994; Baylor Law School, Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, 1997; Baylor University, Masters of Business Administration, 1997