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Professional Experience
- Associate
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Current
- Current
- Enigma Holdings et al v. Texas Pacific Group et al. - counsel for defendants in a securities action under Sections 10 and 20 of the federal securities laws along with certain state-law claims. (N.D. Texas) First Command, Inc. - represented in connection with a successfully resolved investigation by the National Association of Securities Dealers and subsequent litigation. The Heil Company v. Polar Corporation, et al. - counsel for Polar Corporation in action involving enforceability of terms of securities purchase agreement (236th District Court, Tarrant County, Texas.) Argued matter on appeal to the Second District of Texas, Fort Forth. TerreStar Corporation f/k/a Motient Corporation- Counsel in numerous lawsuits filed in federal and state courts in Texas and Delaware between the company and a major shareholder related to takeover attempts including: actions for rescission of purchase of securities, a books and records demand pursuant to Delaware Chancery Code Section 220, a derivative action, a class action dispute, an action for breach of federal securities laws and an action for breach of fiduciary duties. HealthMarkets, Inc. f/k/a UICI Corporation, The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company, and Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee - National coordination counsel for multidistrict litigation case In re UICI “Association Group” Insurance Litigation, Docket No. 1578 (Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, DC) and over thirty individual and class actions in multiple states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In re Williams Securities Litigation - Counsel for outside directors of company in securities litigation involving claims under Sections 11 and 12 of the 1933 Act. (N.D. Okla.)
Education
- Southern Methodist University
- J.D.
- Louisiana State University
- B.S.
Publications
Speaking Engagements
- Cultural Institution Governance and Legal Responsibilities of Board Membership (Dallas, TX, December 01, 2007) North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts-Leadership Arts Program
- Words of Wisdom Program: Tips for New Associates (Southern Methodist University-Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX , March 26, 2008)
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