Practice Areas - Personal Injury
- Professional Negligence
- Products Liability
- Commercial Torts
| - Premises Liability
- Construction Accidents
- Business Litigation
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| University | Texas Christian University, B.A., 1967 |
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| Law School | Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1969; LL.M., 1974) |
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| Admitted | 1969, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas |
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| Memberships | Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Prosecutor for Grievance Committee, 1983 and 1993); College of the State Bar of Texas; Dallas Lawyers Association (President, 1976-1977); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director Emeritus); Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Past President, 1986); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past Member, Board of Governors); American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Dallas Chapter, 1982); American Inns of Court (Master). |
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| Born | Deport, Texas, February 10, 1945 |
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| Biography | Delta Theta Phi. Recipient: Warhorse Award, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2001; Professor W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Lighthouse Award, 2005; Mel Award, Melvin Belli Society, 2007. Listed: Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly, 2007-2011; Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly, 2003-2011. Contributor: "Using Demonstrative Evidence to Persuade in Trial and in Settlement," ATLA Press Video Creative Demonstrative Evidence Series, 1993; "Million Dollar Argument," Audiotape Series, 1982; "Trying a Medical Malpractice Case: Advertising the Defendant," ATLA/Matthew Bender Videotape Series, 1982-1984. Publications: "Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence in Contemporary Tort Litigation," ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, Vol. 4, Chapter 42, ATLA Press, 2003; "Trucking Accident Litigation," Handling Motor Vehicle Accidents, 2nd Ed., Vol. 3, Chapter 13, West Group, 2001. Member, Advisory Committee, Supreme Court, 1985-1990. Named by Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Law Firms in 2010, with a Tier One ranking within Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation; Top 100 Verdicts in America 2007; Recipient of Southern Methodist University's Distinguished Alumni Award for Private Practice (2010); Recipient of the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year Award (2010); Recipient of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Pursuit of Justice Award (2010). Fellow: International Society of Barristers; Texas Bar Foundation; International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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| ISLN | 908837814 |
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