American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2014-Present
State Bar of Texas, College of the State Bar, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member, 1998-Present
U.S. Federal Courts
Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, President-Elect, 2002-2003
Special Licenses/Certifications:
Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Honors/Awards:
Medical Malpractice Law (2018, 2020, 2022) Personal Injury Litigation (2015, 2017), Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication
Super Lawyers Texas Top 50 (A Thomson Reuters Service) 2012
Texas Super Lawyers Top 100 (A Thomson Reuters Service), 2016
Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication) for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Austin, 2015 & 2017
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (A Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication)
Trial Lawyer of the Year, Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, 2013
2006 - 2022, Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication
Mary Ann Summers v. Standard Regional Home Health, Inc., Top Texas Verdicts, VerdictSearch's Top Texas Verdicts, 2011
2003-2022, Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2005-2022, Texas' Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc. Peer-Review Publication
2008, 2011, 2013 - 2016, 2018 - 2020, 2018 - 2019, Super Lawyers Top 50, Central/West Texas Region of Texas, Thomson Reuters
Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation
"AV" Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Educational Background:
West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, B.S., Honors: Cum Laude, 1979
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, J.D. - 1982