Admitted
1993, Texas; 1995, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Circuits; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii,
Law School
South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1993
Law School Graduation Year
1993
College
Baylor University, B.B.A., 1988; Baylor University, M.P.P.A., 1989
Memberships
State Bar of Texas; Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Civil Trial Advocacy; Legal Research and Writing; Moot Court Competition. First Place, Fisher, Gallagher & Lewis Mock Trial Competition, Spring, 1992; First Place, Advanced Civil Litigation Mock Trial Competition, Spring, 1992; Finalist and Best Speaker, Spurgeon Bell Moot Court Competition, 1993. Lead Author: ERISA Subrogation: Enforcing Recoupment Provisions in ERISA-Covered Health and Disability Plans, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association. Co-Author: The Make-Whole Rule and Attorney Fee Reduction Doctrines: Maximizing Third-Party Recoupment Opportunities by Understanding How the Courts Have Created and Applied Different Standards. published in the Self-Insurer, June 1999. Chapter Editor: Employee Benefits Law, American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA Books. Co-Author: Traversing the Preemption Triangle: ERISA, the ADA, and State Disability Discrimination Laws, 12 The Lab. Lawyer 57 (1996); Substantive and Procedural Considerations in Initiating a Recoupment Action Under Section 503(a)(3), 34 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 969 (Summer 1999). Management Co-Chair, Collective Bargaining and Employee Benefits Subcommittee of the Employee Benefits Committee.