Admissions
1991, Louisiana
1992, Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Louisiana Western District Court
Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
Louisiana Eastern District Court
Louisiana Middle District Court
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
Bar Fellowship
Texas Bar Foundation; Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; College of the State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel: President, 2012; Executive Vice President, 2009-2010; Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-2009; Membership Vice President, 2004-2007; Board of Directors, 2001 - present; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Institute for Energy Law, Advisory Board; Loyola University Alumni Association, Houston Scholarship Committee; Honors & Awards: Recognized in Texas' Best Lawyers for Labor and Employment Law, 2013; Named in Best Lawyers in America for Labor and Employment Litigation, 2012-2014; Selected to Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers, 2012-2013; "Exceptional Performance Citation," DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, 2011-2012; Recipient of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel's "President's Award" for Outstanding Service. Community Involvement: Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart: Duchesne Fund Annual Fund Gift Recruitment Team, present; St. Thomas High School -Round-Up Booth Chair and Sponsor, 2011-present; Catholic Charities of Galveston-Houston - A Cardinal's Christmas Co-Chairman, 2010; Bellaire Little League - President/Commissioner, 2007-2009; - Member, Board of Directors, 2006-2009; St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and School - Founder and Past President, SVdP Dads' Club, 2006-2009; - School Board Extracurricular Activities Committee, 2006-2009. Publications and Presentations: Speaker, Legislative Update, Houston Bar Association Bench Bar Conference, 2013; Co-author, Requirements For Practicing Law in Louisiana by Out -Of-State Attorneys, TADC Annual Meeting, 2009; Panel Member, Licensing in Adjacent States, The Benefits for a Trial Lawyer, TADC Annual Meeting, 2009; Speaker, Discovery, Privilege & The Former Employee, Association of Corporate Counsel-America, Houston Chapter (March 2006); Speaker, Corporate Representative Deposition and Privilege and the Former Employee, Association of Corporate Counsel-America, Houston Chapter (February 2006); Speaker, Conspiracy, Texas Bar Association Cause of Action Seminar (2005); Speaker and Co-Author, Attorney Liability/Attorney Malpractice "The Bad News and the Good News, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting (Summer 2004); Speaker, Class Action and Multi-District Litigation Under HB4, Jefferson County Bar Association seminar (October 2003); Speaker and Author, Attorney Liability/Attorney Malpractice, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting (Fall 2003); Speaker and Co-Author, Damages-Evaluation and Proof in Business Litigation, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting (Summer 2002); Speaker and Co-Author, Mandamus Relief in the Discovery Context, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting (Summer 2000); Speaker, Summary Judgment, Part One: Procedure, Burden of Proof, Etc., University of Houston Law Foundation's Collecting Debts and Judgments (1999); Speaker and Author, Damage Update 1999, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting (Summer 1999)
Member: Houston Bar Association (Co-Chair, Judicial Polls Committee; Charity Golf Tournament Committee, Past Chair); State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 2012; Executive Vice President, 2009-2010; Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-2009; Membership Vice President, 2004-2007; Board of Directors, 2001-); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
