Honors and Awards:

• Consistently listed in Best Lawyers of Scene in San Antonio
• AV Rated under Martindale Hubbell's Peer-Review Ratings System (highest rating)
• Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Notes Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1994

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association
• Member, San Antonio Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, College of the State Bar of Texas, 1995 - Present
• Member, Board of Directors, Laredo Young Lawyers, 1994 - 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1994
• Texas, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1995

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Available upon request

Representative Clients:

• Rodriguez v. Roadway Express, Inc., WL 839014, S.D. Tex. Dec. 2, 1997
• Rodriguez v. Roadway Express, Inc., aff'd, 199 F.3d 437, 5th Cir., 1999
• Qualls v. Lack's Stores, Inc., U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5731, N.D. Tex., 1999
• Qualls v. Lack's Stores, Inc., aff'd, 210 F.3d 369, 5th Cir., 2000
• Pineda v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 360 F.3d 483, 5th Cir., 2000
• Rook v. Xerox Corp., 55 Fed. Appx. 716, 5th Cir., 2002
• Kanida v. Nursefinders, 363 F.3d 568, 5th Cir., 2004
• Seidler v. United Parcel Service, WL 831839, W.D. Tex., 2005
• Chavarria v. Despachos Del Norte, Inc., WL 1515472, S.D. Tex, Jun. 22, 2005
• Susan Esquivel et al v. Hillcoat Properties, 484 F.Supp.2d 582, W.D. Tex., 2007
• Lee v. Waste Management, WL 246374, S.D. Tex., 2008

Educational Background:

• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, B.A. in Art History, Archeology, Summa Cum Laude, 1991