Honors and Awards:

• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale-Hubble), 1999 - Present
• Law Dragon (Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America), 2007

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Legal Board of Specialization, 1981
• Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1987

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American Bar Association, 1974 - Present
• Texas, 1974
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1975
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1982

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Ethical Considerations in Prosecuting and Defending Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Advanced Medical Malpractice Course - San Antonio, TX, March 14, 2008 - Present
• A Plaintiff's Perspective on House Bill 4, Texas Tort Reform Act Conference - San Antonio, TX, September 19, 2003 - Present
• How I Decide to Sue You: Misadventures in Psychiatry, The 136th Annual Session of the Texas Medical Association - San Antonio, TX, April 4, 2003 - Present
• Bariatric Surgery: The Diet of Last Resort, Medical Malpractice Conference - San Antonio, TX, November 8, 2002 - Present
• Death by Headache, Medical Malpractice Conference - San Antonio, TX, November 16, 2001 - Present
• "The New Local Rules", United States District Court Training Center, November 27, 2000 - Present
• "Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling Orders; Pretrial Orders; Amendments to Federal and Local Civil Rules", Federal Bar Association, November 17, 2000 - Present
• "Problems in Proving Breast Cancer Causation" - Medical Malpractice Conference, November 2, 2000 - Present
• "Liability of the Plastic Surgeon" - Medical Malpractice Conference, April 9, 1999 - Present
• "The Ten Least Favorite Things About Handling Federal Tort Claims Act Cases", Federal Bar Association Presentation, May 20, 1998 - Present
• "The Negligent Podiatrist", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 2, 1998 - Present
• "Cosmetic Surgery Misadventures", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 4, 1997 - Present
• "Presenting the Plaintiff on Direct", TTLA Car Wrecks Seminar, December 1, 1996 - Present
• "Proving Anesthesia Malpractice", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 11, 1996 - Present
• "Handling a Federal Tort Claims Act Case: A Plaintiff's Lawyer's Perspective", Federal Bar Association, May 15, 1996 - Present
• "Keeping Your Neck Out of the Noose: Legal Aspects of Emergency Medicine, Part 1 and 2", Joint Service Symposium on Emergency Medicine on the Riverwalk, March 28, 1996 - Present
• "Federal Tort Claims Act Liability", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 6, 1995 - Present
• "Jury Selection", Premises Liability Seminar, January 20, 1993 - Present
• "Psychiatric Malpractice", Medical Malpractice Conference, April 11, 1986 - Present
• "LAL: Another Assault on the Tax Shelter", 5 St. Mary's L.J. 586, Fall, 1973
• "Sovereign Immunity - Texas Tort Claims Act", 5 St. Mary's L.J. 152, Spring, 1973
• Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Journal, 1974
• "Preparing for the Tardive Dyskinesia Epidemic", Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., Nov, Vol 3, No. 4, 1985
• "Psychiatric Malpractice", Part Two, Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., July, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1986
• "Psychiatric Malpractice", Part One, Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., May, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1986
• "A Lawyers Guide to Tardive Dyskinesia: An Overview of Litigation & Medicine", Med. Mal., Verdicts, Settlements & Exp., Feb., Vol 2, No. 2, 1986
• "Federal Tort Claims Act Liability: 50 Years After the Crash", Tx Personal Inj. Law Rpt., December, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1995
• Doctors and Lawyers Join to Cull the Herd of HIPPAA Form, San Antonio Lawyer, January - February, 2006

Educational Background:

• Southwest Texas State College (Southwest Texas State University), B.S. in Biology, 1968