Experience

• 1985 to 2024 – Litigation private practice
• Partner in a leading El Paso firm, and then developed the office for Texas firms Brown McCarroll and then Cox Smith. Equity partner in Am Law 200 law firms Dykema and Dickinson Wright.
• Lead counsel on jury trials since his first year as a lawyer, and lead appellate counsel.
• Extensive experience resolving a broad array of business, commercial, fiduciary, trust, probate, banking, real estate development, construction, lender liability, attorney grievance and business disputes, business divorces, state and federal consumer protection law, state and federal employment discrimination, healthcare regulatory and other liability disputes, election and campaign finance law, municipal and local government law, automotive and other product liability, insurance coverage and enterprise liability (bad faith and claims handling) claims, general tort and insurance defense litigation, and even some trademark and copyright litigation
• Licensed to practice law in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.
• Regional leadership roles in complex litigation, including acting as co-lead counsel for the seller and servicer defendants in the Ford/Firestone rollover litigation consolidated in Texas.
• Go-to trial and appellate counsel in cases involving the Texas Citizens Participation Act, as well as defamation and disparagement cases.