Your Business’s Strongest Asset In Dispute Resolution
Biography
First Chair Jury and Bench trials in Federal and State courts, in arbitration before administrative agencies, and arguments before the state courts of appeal in commercial and personal injury litigation.
I have both prosecuted and defended contract actions, corporate dissolutions, products liability mattes, oil & gas mattes, banking, real estate, landlord/tenant disputes, securities, negligence, fraud, DTPA, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, copyright infringement, commercial transactions, trade secrets, patent, probate and RICO actions.
I have first chaired jury trials with recoveries of over $11 million (fraud and breach of fiduciary duty), $1,000,000 (breach of contract action with the defense of a securities fraud counterclaim) and lesser amounts. I have negotiated settlements of over $1.2 million (personal injury through a product defect) $5.5 million (personal injury through birth defect) and have obtained extraordinary relief including garnishments of over $1.5 million, $600,000 and lesser amounts (sale of jet fuel to foreign air carriers).
I have defended clients to take nothing judgements or nuisance value settlements wherein the plaintiffs were initially seeking millions of dollars in damages (corporate dissolutions; commodities futures trading; copyright infringement; lender liability and unfair competition). I have obtained injunctive relief in various matters (executive lease rights on mineral lease; theft of trade secrets) and avoided injunctive relief being entered against my clients (unfair competition).
It is imperative that the client obtains value for the services provided and it is essential that the litigation process itself do as little harm as possible to the client.
References
- Mark Davis, Frost Bank
- Allan Tang, Amegy Bank
- Robert Krenzelok. Enterprise
- Carlos Ramirez, TransAmerican Power Products, Inc.
Past Positions
- Bracewell & Giuliani, Associate, 1984 to 1985
- Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Associate, 1985 to 1993
- Brooks, Baker & Lange, Partner, 1993 to 2000
Professional Associations
- Texas Bar Foundation, 2009 to Present
- Humanities Texas, Board Member, 2003 to 2010
- Texas Polygraph Examiners Board, Vice Chair, 1997 to 2003
- Houston Bar Association, 1984 to Present
Representative Clients
- The Frost National Bank
- Amegy Bank, N.A.
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Inc.
- TransAmerican Power Products, Inc.
- Origin Bank
Current Employment Position
- Owner
Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Tort Litigation
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 1984
- Honors: cum laude
- St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
- B.A. - 1981
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Political Science
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1985
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1985
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1985
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
- Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Texas Lawyer Litigation of the Week
- SuperLawyers