| Admitted | 1980, California; 1982, Texas; 2002, Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th, 5th and 9th Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan |
| Reported Cases | Nagy v. First Nat. Gun Banque, 684 S.W.2d 114 (Tex. App. Dallas 1984, n.r.e.)(establishing a defense to the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act); Oake v. Collin County, 692 S.W.2d 454 (Tex. 1985)(establishing requirements for county taxation); 3-D Electric Co. v. Barnett Const. Co., 706 S.W.2d 135 (Tex. App.-Dallas 1986, n.r.e.)(establishing parameters of personal jurisdiction requirements); Lincoln Ten. Ltd. v. White, 706 S.W.2d 125 (Tex. App.-Houston (14th) 1986, N.W.) (establishing the constitutionality of the statutory landlord's lien); Brewster v. City of Dallas, 703 F. Supp. 1260 (N.D. Tex. 1988)(challenging constitutionality of city sign ordinance); Eden Financial Group, Inc. v. Fidelity Bankers Life Ins. Co., 778 F.Supp. 278 (E.D. Va. 1991)(establishing limits of Federal Arbitration Act in an insurance receivership); United States Dept. of the Treasury v. FABE, U.S. 113 S.Ct. 2202 (1993) (Amicus Curiae for Virginia and North Dakota)(establishing limits of Federal Priority Statute against state insurance liquidation statute); Pollock v. Marx, 171 BR 218 (B.N.D. Tex. 1994)(establishing enforceability of state arbitration awards in bankruptcy); Bryant v. Shields Britton & Fraser, P.C., 930 S.W.2d 836 (Tex. App.-Dallas 1996)(enforcing state insurance receivership court stay of litigation); Bryant v. United Shortline Inc. Assurance Services, N.A. et al., 984 S.W.2d 292 (Tex. App. - Fort Worth 1997, writ granted) (ordered published 1999)(enforcement of state insurance receivership court stay); Bryant v. United Shortline Inc. Assurance Services, N.A., 972 S.W.2nd 26 (Tex. 1998)(establishing enforcement of stay of state insurance receivership court); Shaw v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6589 (N.D. Tex. 2001)(establishing limits of preemption of Federal Communication Act); DTC Telecom, L.L.C. v ISP Technologies, Inc., 2002 U.S. Dist. 22130 (November 15, 2002)(N.D. Tex.)(Removal on the basis of diversity of citizenship); In re: EVIC Class Action Litigation, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14049 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)(establishing that state created insurance unfair competition laws are not preempted by federal trucking legislation); Securities and Exchange Commission v. Tyler, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8952 (May 28, 2003)(N.D. Tex. 2003)(Receiver's application to market and sell portfolio of viatical policies); Busse v. Motorola, Inc.813 N.E.2d 1013 (Ill. App. 2004) (Pursuing Cellular Telephone industry for intrusion upon seclusion for monitoring database); In re Excess Value Insurance Litigation, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14822 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (multi-district class action litigation against UPS for the unauthorized sale of insurance); 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45104 (S.D. N.Y. Nov. 2, 2005)(Attorney fees); In re South Dakota Microsoft Antitrust Litigation, 707 N.W.2d 85 (S.D. 2005)(Multiplier for fees in class action litigation); Banner Life Insurance Company v. Pacheco, 154 S.W.3d 822 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2005, no pet. (determining obligations of an insurance agent to insurance company in the sale and delivery of policy); Garamendi v. Mission Insurance Company (Claim of Pep Boys), 2005 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4050 (Cal. App. May 6, 2005)(Affirming rejection of claim); Alpha Omega Energy, LLC v. Star-Kist Samoa, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97483 (E.D. Tex. 2008)(Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction); Milbank v. Holmes, 413 B.R. 523 (B.N.D. TX. 2009)(Breach of Fiduciary Duty claims by Bankruptcy Trustee against Law Firm); In re Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34619 (April 8, 2010)(S.D. Tex.) (Preliminary Approval of Settlement in Multi-District Litigation); In re Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation MDL No. 2046, 626 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (Jud. Panel Multi-District Litigation )(2009). |