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  • Appeals & Appellate, Business Law
  • Texas, Texas, Texas 1964
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Practice Areas
Appeals & Appellate
Business Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Appellate
  • Business Litigation and Arbitration
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Texas
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Texas
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Texas 1964
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The Supreme Court of Texas
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Education
The University of Texas School of Law
LL.B
1962 Moot Court Board of Managers Chairman, Law Day, 1964
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The University of Texas at Austin
B.A
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Professional Associations
Current
Activities: Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee
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Current
Activities: Member, Board of Trustees of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society
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Current
Activities: Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial
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Current
Activities:      Campaign Contributions Member, Supreme Court Task Force
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Current
Activities:      on Revision of Charge Rules
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Current
Activities: Member, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
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Current
Activities: Member, Smith County Bar Association (Sec. 1968,
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Current
Activities:       Treasurer 1969, President, 1983)
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Current
Activities: Member, The State Bar of Texas (Organizer, Chairman- Elect,
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Current
Activities:       Chairman, Immediate Past Chairman, Appellate Practice
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Current
Activities:       and Advocacy Section, State Bar of Texas, 1988 – 1990) 
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Current
Activities: Member, Bar of the Fifth Federal Circuit (Seminar Planning
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Current
Activities:      Committee, 1988)
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Current
Activities: Past Member, Civil Appellate Law Specialization Commission
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Current
Activities:      (1988 – present)
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Current
Activities: Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
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Current
Activities: Recognized as one of the top five appellate lawyers in Texas,
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Current
Activities:      “Top Notch” Lawyer Survey, 2002 Texas Lawyer Magazine
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Current
Activities: Named one of the “Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers,”
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Current
Activities:      2003 Texas Monthly Magazine
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Current
Activities: Named in The Best Lawyers in America
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Websites & Blogs
Website
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Contact & Map
100 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 305-4752
Fax: (512) 391-4752