Admitted
1988, Texas; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
Southwest Texas State University, B.A., 1984
Memberships
Houston Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Houston Young Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. President, Order of the Lytae, 1987-1988. Editor, South Texas Law Review, 1987-1988. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Academic Excellence in Procedure; Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes Award; Cecil N. Cook Memorial Award. Author: Comment, A Reservation of the Minerals by the State of Texas Includes Coal and Lignite Even Though Recovery Will Destroy or Deplete the Surface Estate, Schwartz v. State, 703 S.W.2d 187 (Tex. 1986), 28 South Texas Law Review 727, 1987. Co-Author: Common Law Theories of Lender Liability, VI Corp. Cous. Rev. 23 (2), November 1987; No Duty: An Historical Perspective on the Judicial Creation of a Privileged Class, Vol. 23 No. 1 Trial Lawyers Forum 17 (1988); Confidentiality Agreements and Orders: When Should Discoverable Materials Be Kept Secret? 31 S. Tex. Law Rev. 455 (1990). Speaker: Continuing Legal Education Programs, University of Houston, DTPA and Consumer Law Institute, Warranties 1989, 1990 and 1991; Advanced Personal Injury Short Course, DTPA in Personal Injury Cases, 1990 and 1991; Handling Insurance and Tort Claims, DTPA in Personal Injury Actions, 1991. Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs in Air Crash Litigation arising out of Continental Airlines Flight 1713, Houston, 1987-1991.