AREAS OF EMPHASIS
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Tort and Commercial Litigation
- Professional Liability Litigation
- Appellate Litigation
- Class Action
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Insurance Law Section
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section
- Admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- Admitted to practice in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
- “Avoiding the Deadline Trap Doors in a Property Policy,”” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes. Volume 39, Number 7 (July 2014).
- “It’s Your Problem, Not Mine: Effective Risk Transfer from Contract Negotiations to Post-Loss Pursuit of Carriers” – Presentation for City of Dallas, Legal and Risk Management Divisions, June 2014.
- Authored “In the Cross-Hairs: Current Status of Agent/Broker Liability”, Presented at Fourth Annual Advanced Insurance Law Course, March 2007.
- Presented speech entitled “Misrepresentation by an Insured” to the Fourth Annual Insurance Law Conference, Fall 1999
NOTEWORTHY MATTERS
- Represented clients in civil trial litigation and civil appellate litigation.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on construction defect cases.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving the oil and gas industry.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving complex products liability.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients in cases involving property disputes, premises liability claims, and nuisance claims.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving professional liability claims against accountants, attorneys, and insurance agents.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving class action and complex commercial litigation.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving bodily injury and wrongful death.
- Represented and provided counsel to clients on cases involving commercial trucking.
- Author of numerous coverage opinions with an emphasis on analysis of commercial general liability policies and automobile policies.
- Represented and provided counsel to insurers and policyholders on issues involving:
- Duty to defend under liability policies
- First-party coverage under all-risk policies
- Insurance coverage disputes
- Declaratory judgment litigation
EDUCATION
- The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998)
- The University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1995, Phi Beta Kappa)
