EDUCATION
- University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas, J.D., 1979
- Board of Advocates
- Legal Research Board
- UT Moot Court Team
- Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia; B.A. in History, 1976
- Phi Beta Kappa graduate with high honors
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
30+ years of experience working with thousands of clients on cases involving:
- motor vehicle accidents
- drunk driving victims
- bicycling deaths
- construction injuries
- trucking accidents
- animal attacks
- defective products litigation
- nursing home abuse and neglect
- medical malpractice
- mass torts
- claims against insurance companies for unfair claims handling practices
BAR ADMISSIONS
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Court of Military Appeals
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- All Texas Courts
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
- Austin Bar Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
HONORS & AWARDS
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Martindale-Hubbell "AV" rating (highest available peer review for professionalism)
- Featured in the Texas Legal Leader's "2013 Top Lawyers" magazine
- Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas (for time devoted to free legal services to low-income Texans)
- Washington & Lee University Alumni Association President
- (Central Texas Chapter) 2002-2007
