University Attended:
University of Texas, B.A., with honors, 1977
Law School Attended:
University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1980
Year of First Admission:
1980
Admission:
1980, Texas; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
Travis County (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Insurance Commissioners (Member, Liquidators' Task Force, 1982-1983; Advisory Committee, 1985—; Chairman: Finance Subcommittee, Advisory Committee Health Maintenance Organizations, 1986; Receivers' Handbook Committee, 1991); National Association of Health Maintenance Organization Regulators-National Association of Insurance Commissioners (Member, Advisory Committee; Model Act Revision Committee); National Association of Managed Care Regulators; International Association of Insurance Receivers (Principal Charter Member); International Association of Insurance Receivers Health Care Task Force (Certified Insurance Receiver-Multiple Lines).
Languages:
French and Spanish
Birth Information:
Santiago, Chile, March 19, 1954
Reported Cases:
In re Family Health Services, Inc., et al., 101 Bankr. 618, 1989; National Home Ins. Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 838 F. Supp. 1104 (E.D. Va. 1993); In re First Financial Enterprises, Inc., 99 Bankr. 751, 1989.
Transactions:
Corporate transactions include demutualization of Trigon Insurance Company, conversion to for profit of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri; litigation arising from the mutualization of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.; sponsored demutualization of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.; proposed conversion of CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. and acquisition by WellPoint Health Networks, Inc.; conversion and sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado, and conversion to non-profit mutual of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Dakota; Receivership or conservation proceedings for the following, among other, companies: Baldwin-United Companies, Executive Life Insurance Company, Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Company, Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company, United Capital Life Insurance Company, General Protective Life Insurance Company, First United Trust Company, United Bankers Life Insurance Company, Texas Prepaid Health Plans, Group Health of El Paso, Metrocare, East Texas Health Plans, Maxicare Health Plans, MedCenters of North Dakota, Foundation Health Plan of New Jersey, Mobile County Mutual Insurance Company, Commodore County Mutual Insurance Company, Kenilworth Insurance Company, Cotton Belt Insurance Company, Superior Lloyds Insurance Company, Colonial Title Insurance Company, Reciprocal of America, and Shenandoah Life Insurance Company.
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