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PRACTICE AREAS:
Practice 28 years in a commercial transaction and litigation practice in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
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Extensive experience in the formation, maintenance, merger, and acquisition of a variety of business entities: corporations, limited liability corporations, limited partnerships;
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Preparation of various agreements connected therewith: cross-purchase, buy-sell, redemption, sale and leaseback transactions; preparation of securities memoranda and related compliance work;
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Extensive commercial litigation for both lenders and borrowers involving financial transactions, lending agreements, guaranties, mortgages, and contracts;
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Creditor's rights representing large publicly-held equipment lessors and financiers in collection matters;
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Representing oil an gas independent producers in lease, title, contract, and regulatory disputes: .
Presentations and Publications:
author and speaker, "Arbitration Roundtable", Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, State Bar of Texas (April, 2007)
author and speaker, "Awards and Appeals: So You Thought You Were Done", Arbitration Institute, Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education (December, 2006)
"ADR Case Law Update and Ethics", Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, State Bar of Texas (October, 2006)
author, "Arbitrator Disclosure: Standards & Growing Challenges", ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTIONS, vol.15, no. 1 (Fedruary, 2006)
author, "Consumer Arbitration in Texas," and editor, "Dispute Resolution- Texas Style," 3rd ed., State Bar of Texas, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (January, 2006)
speaker, "ADR Update and More", Texas Institute for CLE telephone conference (September, 2005)
Arbitration in Banking and Financial Transactions, SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL (July 2005)
The Role of the CPA in Arbitration, presentation to San Antonio Society of CPAs (March, 2005);
The Use of Arbitration in Real Estate Disputes, presentation to the Real Estate subsection, San Antonio Bar Association (January, 2005);
An Arbitration Primer, SAN ANTONIO LAWYER (October, 2004);
Arbitration in Estates and Trusts, 14 ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTIONS Vol. 14, No. 4 (September 2004);
Arbitration Primer: an Alternative Dispute Resolution Tool for Your Professional Responsibility Repertoire, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course (June 2004); Revised Article 9: A Comparison of Changes, Lorman Education Series, San Antonio (July 2002);
Faculty, AAA Mediator Training for Fortune 500 (now) Valero Energy Corporation In-House Corporate Dispute Resolution Program, San Antonio, October, 1995
Professional Licenses: Admitted to Texas Bar, 1978; U.S. District Court: Western, Southern, and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit; former Registered Investment Advisor, Texas Securities Board (Series 65 license)(currently inactive); AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council, 2005-2008); San Antonio Bar Association; College of the State Bar; Texas Bar Foundation
Education University of Texas at Austin (BA, Economics, with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1975 and Juris Doctor, 1978)
Other Professional Associations: Arbitrator & Mediator, Commercial Panel (Large and Complex Case subsection) , American Arbitration Association; Arbitrator & Mediator, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD); Arbitrator and Mediator, National Arbitration Forum (NAF); Arbitrator, Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR); American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) .
Civic: member, Christ Episcopal Church (Vestry); Rotary Club of San Antonio
Personal: born, Amarillo, Texas, January 21, 1953; married to wife, Vicki, 5 children |
