Admitted
1980, California; 1981, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central Distr
Law School
Pepperdine University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Colgate University, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Houston Trial Lawyers Association; Proctor, Maritime Law Association of the United States; Houston Mariners Club.
Biographical
Certified Proctor in Admiralty. Member, Association of Transportation Practitioners, 1994—. Author: Ethical Issues in the Context of International Litigation: Where Angels Fear to Tread, 36 South Texas Law Review 101, 1995 (with A. Blizzard); Houston Bar Association's Trial Practice and Procedure Serialized Institute 1, 1995, The Increasing Role of Technology in Discovery. Punitive Damage Recovery After Miles: Uniformity for the Sake of Uniformity Goes Too Far (with Nancy Johnson Herbert).
Military
U.S. Navy, 1970—; Cmdr., U.S. Naval Reserve