Practice Areas
Appeals & Appellate
Business Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Appellate
  • Commercial Litigation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Shareholder
Winstead PC
Current
Education
Southern Methodist University
J.D
Dedman School of Law, cum laude Hatton W. Sumners Scholar Managing Editor, The International Lawyer Order of the Barristers Phi Delta Phi Honor Society International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Superior Proficiency in Advocacy
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University of Oklahoma
B.A
Political Science and Communication, with highest honors Alexander Letzeiser Gold Medalist, Outstanding Male Graduate, Pe, et Honor Society, top ten seniors, Phi Beta Kappa Mortar Board Omicron Delta Kappa Cortez Ewing Fellow Carl Albert Fellow Sigma Nu Fraternity, President, Campus Activities Council, Vice, Chairman
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Professional Associations
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Activities: State Bar of Texas (Local Bar Services Committee, 2004-present)
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Activities: American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Business Law Section)
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Activities: American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Business Law Section Appellate Subcommittee, 2004-present)
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Activities: Texas Young Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2001-2005)
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Activities: Leadership TYLA (Founding Co-Chairman)
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Activities: TYLA tenminutementor.com (Founding Co-Chairman)
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Activities: Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1999-2006)
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Activities: Leadership DAYL (Co-Chairman, 1997-present)
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Activities: Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
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Activities: Dallas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
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Activities: DAYL Foundation (Founding Fellow and Trustee)
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Activities: Texas State Bar College
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Activities: Leadership Dallas (Class of 1997, Active Alumnus)
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Activities: Greater Dallas Chamber Leadership Advisory Council
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Activities: Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas (Board Chair, 2003-2005; Board of Directors, 1996-present)
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Activities: Wish Night (Founding Co-Chairman)
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Activities: MDA's Dallas Legal Leaders: The Hot Hundred Who Care (Founding Chair)
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Activities: St. Andrew United Methodist Church (Chancel Choir)
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Activities: Dallas Summer Musicals (Board of Directors and 2008 Gala Co-Chair)
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Activities: Dallas Arts District Alliance (Board of Directors)
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Activities: OU College of Arts & Sciences (Board of Visitors)
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Activities: OU Club of Dallas (President, Board of Directors)
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Activities: OU President's Associates Council
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Activities: Sigma Nu Corporation of Oklahoma (Board of Directors, 2003-2007)
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Publication
Publication
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website