Admitted
1981, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1982, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2003, U.S. Dis
Law School
University of Kansas, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
University of Kansas, B.A., 1978
Memberships
Cameron County (Director, 1988-1990), Kansas and American (Litigation Section; Law Practice Management Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section); Texas Young Lawyers Association (Director, Dist. 15, 1989-1991); Co-Chair: Dropout Prevention/Literacy Committee, 1989-1990; Rights of the Homeless Committee, 1990-1991; U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, Brownsville Division, Southern District of Texas, 1998 and 2000 (Sustaining Member, Product Liability Advisory Council); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel
Biographical
Co-Author: Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Texas, National Business Institute, Inc., Defense Research Institute; Daubert Update: Admissibility of Expert Testimony in The Wake of Kumho Tire, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, 1999. Author: Spoliation in Texas, Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Special Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Commission for Lawyer Discipline. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation.