Practice Areas – Civil Litigation

• Civil Litigation
• Professional Liability
• Insurance Defense
• Premises Liability
• Personal Injury
• Products Liability
• Transportation

Published Cases

• Russell v. Ingersoll-Rand, 841 S.W.2d 343 (Tex. 1992)
• Pyles v. United Serv. Auto Ass’n, 804 S.W.2d 163 (Tex. App-Houston [14 th Dist.] 1991, writ denied)
• United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Millard, 838 S.W.2d 935 (Tex. App. – Houston [1 st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding)
• Bonner v. United Serv. Auto Ass’n, 841 S.W.2d 504 (Tex. App – Houston [14 th Dist.] 1992, no writ)
• United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Millard, 847 S.W.2d 668 (Tex. App. Houston [1 st Dist.] 1993, orig. proceeding)
• Maritime Overseas Corp., 886 S.W.2d 780 (Tex. App. – Houston [14 th Dist.] 1996), rev’d in part, 977 S.W.2d 536 (Tex. 1996)
• Presley v. Texas Farmers Ins. Co., 972 S.W.2d 164 (Tex. Houston [14 th Dist.] 1998, no writ)
• Torres v. Tessier, 231 S.W.3d 60 (Tex. App. – Houston [14 th Dist.] 2007, no writ)

Awards and Recognition

• Amjur Award for Criminal Procedure; Federal Civil Procedure and Criminal Law
• Order of the Barons
• Order of the Coif

Professional and Community Involvement

• State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
• San Antonio Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas, Litigation and Appellate Section
• Panel Chair, 2003-05 and Committee Chair, 2005-2006
• Houston Bar Association, Professionalism Committee
• District 4 Grievance Committee, 2003-2006

Education

• University of Houston B.A. Magna Cum Laude 1985
• University of Houston Law Center J.D. Magna Cum Laude 1989
• Editor of the Houston Law Review

Admitted to Practice

• 1989, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit