Honors and Awards:

• AV Rated – Martindale-Hubbell; Texas Super Lawyer – 2003-2010.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Defended Dallas-based public company and its Board of Directors in shareholder derivative litigation arising from $1 billion tender offer; defeated three applications for injunctive relief, permitting the tender offer to proceed; defeated $7 million claim for attorneys' fees and forced nuisance value settlement of lead plaintiff's claims. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a prominent Dallas entrepreneur/business executive in a well-publicized case involving the merger of two publicly-held technology companies in which the plaintiff alleged damages of $1 billion. Obtained unanimous jury verdict for an international equipment manufacturer in a case involving claims of breach of contract and fraud in which the plaintiff alleged damages of $1.3 million. Represented national pharmaceutical company in arbitration proceeding in breach of contract case related to large-scale software implementation and obtained arbitration award in favor of client. Received multi-million dollar arbitration award for a hospital against a Big Four accounting firm in case involving negligent audits that resulted in $30 million overstatement of accounts receivable. Represented Dallas-based private equity firm in lawsuit arising from acquisition of a global insurance/reinsurance brokerage organization and alleged damages of approximately $15 million; obtained favorable settlement for client. Secured a favorable settlement for a bank holding company officer/director in Federal Reserve enforcement proceedings involving claims under Federal Change in Bank Control Act.   PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: State Bar of Texas; Life Fellow – Dallas Bar Association; Fellow – Texas Bar Foundation.   BAR ADMISSIONS: State Bar of Texas; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and D.C. Circuits.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Past Director, Big Brothers & Sisters of Metropolitan Dallas.