• Serious car crash
  • General Practice
  • Negligence
  • Federal Employers Liability Act
  • Premises Liability
  • Civil Appellate
  • Civil Trial
  • Jones Act
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Class Action
  • Computer and Technical Litigation
  • Toxic Torts
  • Product Liability
  • Business Litigation
  • Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., 1974
  • University of Texas, B.S., 1971
  • Texas, 1974
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1979
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • Fellow, International Society of Barrister
  • Delta Theta Phi
  • American Bar Associations
  • Lawyer Client Conciliation Committee — Chair — 1984 to 1988
  • 3A Grievance Committee — Member — 1994 to 2000
  • South Plains Trial Lawyers Association — Director — 1975 to 1976
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association — Associate Director — 1978 to 1980
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association — Director — 1980 to 1991
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association — Co-Chair — 1982 to 1983
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association — Chair — 1983 to 1984
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association — Workers Compensation Committee
  • American Association of Justice — Member
  • Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association — President — 1986 to 1988
  • Regent Lamar University System — Member — 1985 to 1997
  • Texas Lyceum Association — Director — 1987 to 1991
  • Foundation Board, John Gray Institute — Trustee
  • Personal Injury Trial Law Advisory Commission — Member — 1990 to 1994
  • Texas Bar Foundation — Member
  • Huntsman Corporation — Member, Board of Directors
  • Beaumont Foundation of America — Chairman
  • Lubbock County Bar Association — Member
  • Jefferson County Bar Association — Secretary — 1984 to 1985
  • Of Counsel