Honors and Awards:

• 10.0 Superb rating, AVVO
• A-V Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers - Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers - Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2008
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2008

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board-certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Board-Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Law Foundation
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Board Member, Vice President, Houston Democratic Lawyers Association
• Board Trustee, Houston Lawyer Referral Service
• Board Member, Houston Law Review Alumni Association, 1996 Vice President, 1994
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center, 2001
• Democratic nominee, United States Congress, 22nd Congressional District, 2002
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2010
• Democratic nominee, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District, Place 9, 2010

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Author, Evidence in Personal Injury Cases, South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 1986
• Author, Recognizing and Handling Medical Malpractice - The Defense Perspective, PESI, 1989
• Author, Hiding the Ball with the New Peer Review Privilege, TTLA, 1997
• Author, Eighteen Texas Medico-Legal Cases Important to Every Physician, Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 1999
• Author, Dumping and Other Statutory Violations, TTLA, 2001
• Author, Medical Malpractice-Recent Developments, South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 2003
• Author, The "Fill-in-the-Blank Expert Report": Keeping Control on Going Foward with Your Case, TTLA, 2004
• Author, HIPAA Traps for Unwary Practitioners, TTLA, 2004
• Deposition order sequencing article., Author, Who's on First?, Burden of Proof, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Ass'n, 2007