Admitted
1977, Texas; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits
Law School
University of Houston, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Texas-El Paso, B.A., with honors, 1974
Memberships
El Paso and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; El Paso Trial Lawyers Association of America (Director, 1979-1981); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, International Law and Treaties Committee, 1980-1982); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, State-wide Medical Malpractice and Health Law Committee, 1985); American College of Legal Medicine (Associate-In- Law; Member: Convocation Committee, 1984-1985; Education Committee, 1984-1985); International Society for the Prevention of Introgenic Complications.
Biographical
Member, Houston Law Review, 1976-1977. Associate Editor, El Paso Trial Lawyers Review, 1974-1980. Who's Who in American Law. Speaker: Medical Malpractice Claims Against the United States, delivered to American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1984; Products Liability: DPT Vaccine delivered to the American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1985; Pitfalls in the Federal Tort Claims Act delivered to the Texas Trial Lawyers Association in March, 1988; Federal Tort Claims Act, 1988 Belli Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri; Obstetrical and Neonatal Malpractice with Emphasis on Fetal Outcome, Medical Malpractice for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, State Bar of Texas, May, 1989; Intensive Care Nursery Malpractice, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law, April, 1992; Initial Care and Resuscitation of The Newborn, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law, April 15, 1993; Liability For Shoulder Dystocia, April l5, 1994, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law; Negligent Interpretation of Mammograms and Life Expectancy, April 6, 1995, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law; Placental Pathology, April 11, 1996, sponsored by Texas Tech University and St. Mary's University; The Failure to Safeguard the Central Nervous System of the Immuno compromised Patient on Steroids, April 3, 1997, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law; Pediatric Ethics, 8th Annual Pediatric Symposium, El Paso, Texas, August 8, 1997; Epidemic of Group B Strep in the Newborn: Negligent Diagnosis and Treatment, April 2, 1998, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law; Vacuum Extraction Deliveries: How Safe Are They? April 8, 1999, sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School and St. Mary's University School of Law; Hospital-Acquired Infection, November 3, 2000, by T