First Admitted: 1987, Texas

Bar / Professional Activity:

Member of the Texas Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, the Texas Bar Foundation, and the Houston Bar Foundation
Admitted to practice before the United States Courts for the Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Claims, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Past-Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Fee Dispute Committee and current arbitrator
Past-Chairman of the Houston Bar Association’s Litigation Section and current Director

Special Licenses / Certifications:

Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Business Bankruptcy Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Pro bono / Community Service:

Assistant Scoutmaster of St. John The Divine Troop 55
Past-Chairman of City of Bellaire Board of Adjustments
Member of St. Andrews Presbyterian

Educational Background:

B.A. University of Virginia, cum laude, 1982

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

August, 1992: Speeches and paper on Avoiding Usury Claims at University Of Houston Law Foundation Collecting Debts and Judgments Seminars in Houston and Dallas
Fall 1993: Article on Sanctions Under Rule 11 F.R.C.P. in Thurgood Marshall Law Review
December, 1995: Speech and paper on Contract Interpretation By The Courts for the Construction Law Section of the Houston Bar Association
1996: Speech and paper on Rules of Contract Construction delivered to the American Corporate Counsel Association in Houston
May, 1997: Speech and paper on Covenants Not To Compete And Indemnity Clauses: An Overview For Accountants delivered at Crady, Jewett & McCulley seminar for C.P.A.s.
June, 1997: Speech and paper on Update On Employment Law (Including Covenants Not To Compete) delivered to Houston area C.P.A.s and lawyers at Crady, Jewett & McCulley Taxation seminar
July, 2016: Panelist for Understanding the Implications of Fraudulent Transfer Laws to Creditors: What Lies Ahead in 2016 and Beyond presentation for The Knowledge Group
June, 1998: Speech and paper on Valuation Of Litigation delivered to Houston area C.P.A.s and lawyers at Crady, Jewett & McCulley Taxation seminar
March, 2000: Speech and paper on Usury And How To Avoid It: Impact Of New Legislation On Collection Practices at Stromar Creditors Rights Seminar in Houston, Texas
October, 2000: Master of Ceremonies for Inns of Court Ethical Jeopardy Competition
November, 2000: Speaker on Texas Ethics Committee Opinions 532 and 533 And Related Issues at a meeting of the Houston Bar Association Litigation Section at The Houston Club
Spring 2001: Speaker at the Garland Walker Inns Of Court on An Attorneys’ Ethical Considerations When A Third Party Is Paying The Bills, at The Houston Club
March, 2001: Speaker at The Texas Legislature, House Judiciary Committee, on Issues Relating To Insurance Defense Counsel
March, 2001: Gave mock appellate argument at the American Bar Association, Section Of Litigation Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, on Billing Auditors, Litigation Guidelines, and The Tripartite Relationship
April, 2002: Speech and paper on Who Is The Client? And Other Issues Involved In The Tripartite Relationship With Insurer, Insured, and Counsel delivered to The Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, at The Houston Club
May, 2003: Speech and paper on Rules Of Contract Construction: How Courts Interpret Contracts delivered along with a trial court judge and appellate judge to The Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, at The Houston Club
May, 2004: Panelist for Ethics Jeopardy presentation for The Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, at The Houston Club
August, 2006: Presented Top Ten Issues in Fee Dispute Arbitrations
May, 2010: Article on Problems with Unrecorded Mineral Interests in The TIPRO Target magazine
July, 2010: Speech concerning energy company bankruptcies delivered to the National Oilfield Service & Supply Division of the National Association of Credit Managers
September, 2010: Speech and paper on Fraudulent Transfer Litigation: What Every Litigator Should Know delivered along with a trial court judge to The Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section, at The Houston Club
December, 2011: Speech and paper on Attorneys’ Fees delivered along with a trial court judge to the Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section

Industry Groups:

Energy
enterpreunership
Lending
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Technology

Ross Spence