Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Education: Preparatory education, Swarthmore College (B.A., 1990); legal education, University of Texas (J.D., 1996). Secretary, Corporate Counsel Society, University of Texas School of Law. 1994-95. Executive Editor, Texas International Law Journal, 1995-96.

Internship: Judicial Intern to Hon. Rose Spector, Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Spring, 1996.

Member: Dallas, Frisco and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Public Justice; National Association of Consumer Advocates.

Recent Authorship and Speeches: (Author) "TRIPS and NAFTA's Chapter 17: How Will Trade-Related Multilateral Agreements Affect International Copyright?" 31 Tex. Int'l L.J. 269 (1996); (Co-Author) “Resolving Class Actions in the Plaintiff’s Favor: Settlement and Contested Final Judgments, “Federal Bar Association, April 2001; (Co-Author) “Summaries of Significant Class Action Opinions in Texas State and Federal Courts: 2001-2002," May 2002; (Co-Author) "Class Actions, MDL, Venue, and Forum Non: Micro-Management of Mass Torts," Texas Trial Lawyers Association, December 2003; (Co-Author) "A Brave New World: Texas Class Action Practice After HB4," State Bar of Texas, January 2004; (Co-Author) "Changing the Rules: Texas Class Action Practice After HB4 and CAFA," State Bar of Texas, August 2006; (Speaker) "Class Action Basics in Texas," Frisco Bar Association, October 2006.