Honors and Awards: Best Lawyers in America, Oil & Gas Law, 2008, Listed: Nation's Top Business Litigator by Super Lawyers magazine, 2008, 500 Best Lawyers in America, 2005, Order of the Coif, University of Texas Law School

Special Licenses/Certifications: Board Certified - Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Commercial Arbitrator for American Arbitration Association

Bar/Professional Activity: American Board of Trial Advocates, The Center for American and International Law - Oil & Gas Practice Committee, Council of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association, Houston Bar Association

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: "Termination of Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases: Savings Clauses and Defensive Doctrines," State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil Gas & Energy Resources Seminar, 2008, "Current Issues in Gas Royalty Litigation," Arkansas State Bar Association Oil, Gas & Energy Law Seminar, 2005, "Termination of Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases: The Temporary Cessation of Production & Production in Paying Quantities Doctrines," State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2003, "Common Law Claims in Environmental Contamination cases," Advanced Environmental Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1997, "Standards of Appellate Review," Houston Bar Association Appellate Practice Institute, 1996, "Current Issues in Controversies Between Royalty Owners and Energy Companies," Section of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law, American Bar Association, 1993

Verdicts and Settlements: DX Terminals, Ltd. v. Bayer Corporation, 214 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, pet. denied) (contract); C.M. Asfahl Agency v. Tensor, Inc., 135 S.W.3d 768 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, no pet.) (contract); Moore Landrey, LLP v. Hirsch & Westheimer, P.C., 126 S.W.3d 536 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet.) (contract); Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, et al. v. Pool, 124 S.W.3d 188 (Tex. 2003) (multi-party lease termination and adverse possession); Law v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 65 S.W.3d 121 (Tex. App.-Amarillo 2001, pet. denied) (lease termination); GeoSouthern Energy Corp. v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., 241 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2001) (dispute among working interest owners); GeoSouthern Energy Corp. v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., 274 F.3d 1017 (5th Cir. 2001) (dispute among working interest owners); Mitchell Energy Corp. v. Bartlett, 958 S.W.2d 430 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 1997); Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Teletron Energy Mgmt. Inc., 877 S.W.2d 276 (Tex. 1994) (rehearing overruled) (engineering malpractice); Barras v. Monsanto Co., 831 S.W.2d 859 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1992); Parten v. Cannon, 829 S.W.2d 327 (Tex. App.-Waco 1992) (oil and gas); Lee v. WalMart Stores, Inc., 943 F2d 554 (5th Cir. 1991) (commercial); NL Inds., Inc. v. GHR Energy Corp., 940 F.2d 957 (5th Cir. 1991) (commercial); Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Kennedy, (Tex. App.-El Paso 1991) (class action); Wadsworth Bus. Ctr. v. Connell, 775 S.W.2d 663 (Tex. App.-Dallas 1989) (real estate); In re Charter Oil Co., 63 B.R. 662 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1986); Enterprise Int'l, Inc. v. Corporacion Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana, 762 F.2d 464 (5th Cir. 1985) (commercial, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act); Gulf Oil Corp. v. Fuller, 695 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. App.-El Paso 1985) (discovery privilege issues); Superior Oil Co. v. City of Port Arthur, 726 F.2d 203 (5th Cir. 1984) (constitutional challenge to annexation); Superior Oil Co. v. City of Port Arthur, 628 S.W.2d 94, (Tex. App.-Beaumont 1981) (constitutional challenge to annexation); Amoco Oil Co. v. Hardy, 628 S.W.2d 813 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 1981) (class action); First City Nat'l Bank v. Hardy, 620 S.W.2d 732 (Tex. Civ. App.-Corpus Christi 1981) (oil and gas); Dunn v. Davis, 590 S.W.2d 752 (Tex. Civ. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1979) (land title); C&W Manhattan Associates v. Lively, 588 S.W.2d 671 (Tex. Civ. App.-Beaumont 1979) (commercial); Claude Regis Vargo Ent., Inc. v. Bacarisse, 578 S.W.2d 524 (Tex. Civ. App.-Houston [14th Dist] 1979) (commercial); Pan American Life Insurance Co. v. Youngblood, 569 S.W.2d 951 (Tex. Civ. App.-Tyler 1978) (insurance); Best Steel Buildings, Inc. v. Hardin, 553 S.W.2d 951 (Tex. Civ. App.-Tyler 1978) (wrongful death); Gaal v. BASF Wyandotte Corp., 533 S.W.2d 152 (Tex. Civ. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1976) (trade secrets); City of Pasadena v. Richardson, 523 S.W.2d 506 (Tex. Civ. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1975) (civil rights); Hall v. White, 525 S.W.2d 860 (Tex. 1975) (contested probate)

Representative Clients: Chesapeake Energy, Shell Oil, Pennzoil Quaker State, Cimarex Energy, Devon Energy