I have mediated and/or arbitrated successfully thousands of cases involving complex federal and state causes of action, including benzene, asbestos, silica, butadiene, admiralty, commercial/business, environmental, insurance, labor/unions, personal injury, premises liability, employment/Title VII, FELA, business valuation, marital property division, wrongful death, hurricane/wind, appellate, contract disputes, nursing home and others.
Case Experience
Admiralty
Appellate
Business Dissolution
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Divorce (High Asset)
EEOC
Eminent Domain
Employment
Environmental
Family Businesses
Insurance
Labor/Unions
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Mortgage Foreclosure
Nursing Homes
Pensions
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration - MBA - 1995
University of Texas, J.D. - 1982
University of Texas, BBA Accounting - 1979
Memberships & Affiliations
Charter Member of The Texas Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Distinguished Credentialed Mediator - Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
Board Certified - Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law
American Board of Trial Advocates - Advocate Level - 1996 – present
AV rated - Martindale-Hubbell
Voted Super Lawyer 2003- 2013– Mediator/ADR
Chris Quinn Community Service Award – 2003-2004
1991 Outstanding Young Lawyer - Jefferson County, Texas
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