Board Certified: Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. 1992.

Born Dallas, Texas, May 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

Education: Preparatory education, George Washington University (B.B.A., 1979); legal education, University of Texas (J.D., 1982). Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1992. President, University of Texas, Student Bar Association, 1981-82.

Recent Authorship & Speeches: "Dealing with Attorneys' Fees and Objections in Class Actions," National Class Action Institute, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois (1997); (Speaker) "Class Action Update," Advanced Products Liability Conference, Texas Trial Lawyers Association (1998); (Speaker) "Advanced Commercial and Consumer Law Course," State Bar of Texas (1999); (Speaker) "National Class Action Seminar," New Orleans, Louisiana (2001); (Speaker) "Class Action Update," Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, State Bar of Texas, Dallas and Houston, Texas (2002); (Speaker) "Ethics of Mass Tort Settlements: How a Lawyer with No Clients Can Settle Your Cases Without Your Consent," (July 2002); (Speaker) "Class Actions, MDL, Venue, and Forum Non: Micro Management of Mass Torts," Texas Trial Lawyers Association (December 2003); (Speaker) "A Brave New World: Texas Class Action Practice After HB4," State Bar of Texas (January 2004). (Co-author/Speaker) "The Class Action Unfairness Act of 2005;" Dallas Bar Headnotes (April 2005); (Speaker) "Changing the Rules: Texas Class Action Practice After HB4 and CAFA;" State Bar of Texas (August 2006).

Member: Chairman, Texas Public Finance Authority, 1991-95; Member, 1995-97. Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2003); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1999-; Secretary-Treasurer, 2002; President, 2006); American Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 2001-); Public Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates; National Association of Consumer Advocates; Dallas Bar Foundation.