Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  
• 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• State Bar of Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Phi Delta Phi, national scholastic legal fraternity
• Dallas Bar Association
• American Bar Association—Counsel of Appellate Lawyers
• State Bar of Texas Appellate Section

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• “Passing the Blame, Passing the Bill: Contractual Liability and Additional Insureds,” 2004 Advanced Insurance Law Seminar.
• “Courts Discuss Expert Testimony,” American Trial Lawyers Association, Aviation Law Section, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 2005.
• “Availability of En Banc Consideration and Rehearing in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and State Courts,” presented at the 2005 Council of Appellate Lawyers and Appellate Judges Summit.
• “Admissible or Inadmissible? Getting In — Or Keeping Out — Government Documents In Aviation Cases,” presented at the February 2006 Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium and reprinted in the Summer 2006 issue of the Journal of Air Law and Commerce.
• “The Next Frontier Or A Passing Fad? Climate Change Litigation And The Difficulties Such Cases Face” printed in the April 2010 issue of the Dallas Bar Association’s publication Headnotes.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Assisted in the preparation of post-trial briefing that ultimately led to a $37 million verdict obtained by Lockheed Martin Corporation against L-3 Communications being set aside for discovery abuse.
• Obtained reversal in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of a summary judgment granted against his client, an aircraft interior designer, who had filed suit after it was denied insurance coverage under a policy issued by Hartford Fire Insurance Company.
• Successfully defended in the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit in New Orleans, a lower-court decision that helicopter service provider PHI Inc. was not liable in the crash of a Bell 412 twin-engine helicopter. The appellate court held that Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. was solely responsible for the 2004 crash, which involved the failure of a tail rotor blade. Following the ruling, Bell agreed to pay PHI $4.3 million to cover the cost of the helicopter, attorneys’ fees and interest.