EDUCATION 

B.A. - Rice University; J.D., M.B.A. (with honors) - University of Houston; Assoc. Editor, Houston Law Review

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS 

Personal Injury Trial - Texas Board of Legal Specialization;  Civil Trial - National Board of Trial Advocates 

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American College of Trial Lawyers-Fellow & Vice-Chair, Texas State Committee

International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow

International Society of Barristers - Fellow

The Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury Litigation

Texas Monthly Super Lawyer - 2003-Present (Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas - 2013-Present)

Lawdragon Magazine 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America - 2007

“New Rule 702 Raises Hurdles for Experts in Federal Court,” Texas Lawyer, March 2024.  

“Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms – Coming Soon?” Voir Dire (ABOTA), Fall/Winter 2023.

“When Is Social Media Evidence Admissible?” Texas Lawyer, January 2024.

“Alas, Poor Civility!  I Knew It Well,” Texas Lawyer, November 2023.

“Gregory Raises Damages Questions,” Texas Lawyer, November/December 2023.

“Criminal Conduct in Civil Cases,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2023.

“But Did They Ratify It? Determining Employer Liability For an Employee’s Acts,” Texas Lawyer, July/August 2023.

“Non-Lawyer Ownership of Law Firms – Coming Soon?” Texas Lawyer, June 2, 2023.

“Snap Removal Is No Longer a Snap” Texas Lawyer, May/June 2023.

“High Court Puts Cell Phones on Hold,” Texas Lawyer, March/April 2023.

“State of the Art Expert Discovery Practices,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Winter 2022.

“The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” Voir Dire (ABOTA), Fall/Winter 2022.

“Á Closer Look at Limitations in Wrongful Death Cases,” Texas Lawyer, October 26, 2022.

“When Can Jurors Consider Evidence of Intoxication, Impairment and Mental Health Conditions? Texas Lawyer, June 28, 2022.

“Visiting the Sins of Children on Their Parents: Parental Tort Liability,” Texas Lawyer, May 13, 2022.

“The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2022.

“Forced Arbitration: A Bitter Pill to Swallow,” Texas Lawyer, March 12, 2022.

“The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2022.

“Lyft Belatedly Releases Troubling Sexual Assault Report,” Texas Lawyer, November 2021.

“ Lessons From the Kennedy Assassination About Eyewitness Testimony,” Texas Lawyer, September 2021.

“Employer Liability for an Employee’s Assault,” Texas Lawyer, July 2021.

“New Texas Rules Bring More Expedited Trials and Federalization to Personal Injury cases,” Texas Lawyer, January 2021.

"Dram Shop Cases: Rattlesnakes Loose in Shopping Malls," Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, December 2020.

“Should Democrats Pack the Supreme Court if Biden Wins?” Texas Lawyer, October 2020.

“Collision Avoidance Technology Systems Should Now be Standard Equipment on All Large Trucks,” Texas Lawyer, September 2020.

“Mandatory Online Jury Trials: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come,” Texas Lawyer, August 2020.

“The GOP’s COVID-19 Immunity Bill: Unfair, Unnecessary and Unsafe,” Texas Lawyer, August 2020.

“Screeching Halt: Lyft and Uber Putting Profits Over Safety of Passengers,” Texas Lawyer, July 2020.

“Truck Driving Could be the Next New Desk Job,” Texas Lawyer, July 2020. 

“COVID-19 Lawsuit Immunity: When Nobody is Accountable, Nobody is Safe,” Texas Lawyer, June 2020.

“Law in the Time of Corona,” Texas Lawyer, May 2020.

“Fifth Circuit Blesses ‘Snap Removal’ by Out-of-State Defendants,” Texas Lawyer, May 2020.

“Preparing the Plaintiff to Testify,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2020.

“Liability When the Uber or Lyft Driver is an Outlaw,” Texas Lawyer, December 2019

“When an Autonomous Vehicle Crashes, Who Pays for Damages?” Texas Lawyer, August 2018. 

“Setting the Table in Catastrophic Truck Crash Cases,” Texas Lawyer, October 2017. 

“Buckle Up: Seat Belt Evidence Now Admissible,” Texas Lawyer, August 2017.

“Joint and Several Liability for Indivisible Injuries,” Texas Lawyer, February 2017.

“Holding Trucking Companies Directly Liable,” Texas Lawyer, 2016.

“13 Must-Ask Questions Before Enlisting an Expert Witness,” Texas Lawyer, 2016

“Five Ways to Impeach a Witness,” Texas Lawyer, 2016

“New Day in Federal Civil Procedure,” Texas Lawyer, 2016

“The Collateral Source Rule’s Exception,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Impact of Convictions in Civil Trials,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Experts and Inadmissible Underlying Data,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Hurdles for Premises Liability,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Parallel Criminal and Civil Cases: Which Goes First?” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“New Approach to Prior Inconsistent Statements,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“The Unlawful Acts Doctrine in Texas: Dead or Alive?” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Phantom Defendants: Responsible Third Parties,” Texas Lawyer, 2015

“Clearing a Hurdle In Bystander Cases,” Texas Lawyer, 2014

“Information Acted On Is Not Hearsay,” Texas Lawyer, 2014

“When is Enough Enough? How to Prove Causation With Temporal Proximity and Lay Testimony,” Texas Lawyer, 2014

“How to Win Wrongful-Death, Survival Damages,” Texas Lawyer, 2014

“Personal Injury: Stowers and Multiple Defendants,” Texas Lawyer, 2013

“Maximize the Effectiveness of Opening Argument,” Texas Lawyer, 2013

“Admissibility of Other Similar Incidents in Civil Litigation,” Texas Lawyer, 2013

“Innocent-Retailer Protection, Jurisdiction and Removal,” Texas Lawyer, 2013

“How to Break Down Issues in Component-Parts Cases,” Texas Lawyer, 2013

“Fear of Commitment Questions in Voir Dire,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“What Attorneys Can’t Say In Closing Arguments,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“How to Handle Physical and Mental Examinations,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“Objecting to the Admission of Harmful Evidence,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“Tactical Considerations in Depositions,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“Deposition Strategies in State and Federal Court,” Texas Lawyer, 2012

“Overcome Fear Factor in Adverse Expert Cross-Examination,” Texas Lawyer, 2011

“Seven Deadly Myths of Cross-Examination,” Texas Lawyer, 2011

“Think Strategy in a Post-H.B. 274 World,” Texas Lawyer, 2011

“Questions to Ask Police Officers in Car Wreck Cases,” Texas Lawyer, 2011

“Set-Aside Scuffles,” Texas Lawyer, 2010

“Trial Lawyer as Secret Agent: Techniques Litigators Can Learn From Spies and Detectives,” Texas Lawyer,  2010

“My Atticus Finch Moment,” Texas Lawyer, 2006

“Time Limits on Voir Dire Trade Justice for Efficiency,” Texas Lawyer, 2005

“Factual Sufficiency Review by the Supreme Court,” Texas Lawyer, 2005

“The New Good Samaritans: HB 4's Protections for Emergency Medical Care,” Texas Lawyer, 2004

“Why do Jurors Blame the Victim?” 39 Trial 52 (Dec. 2003)

Palacios and Article 4590i Expert Reports: Trying to Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear,” 65 Tex. B.J. 512 (2002)

“A Reply to a Flawed Defense of Sponsorship Theory,” 63 Tex. B.J. 756 (2000)

“Inoculating Against Bad Facts: Brilliant Trial Strategy or Misguided Dogma?” 63 Tex. B.J. 443 (2000)

“Admissibility of Criminal Convictions in Civil Cases,” 61 Tex. B.J. 1112 (1998)

“Non-Subscriber Liability for Employee Injuries: Foreseeability is in the Eye of the Employee?” 60 Tex B.J. 628 (1997).

“A Primer on Non-Subscribers,” Texas Lawyer, January 2022.

“The Empathy Deficit in Pajama-Clad Online Jurors,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Spring 2022.

“ Dos and Don'ts of Opening Statements,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2022.