Arbitrated/Mediated $100+ BILLION in disputes
Cases Arbitrated: 300+; Cases Mediated: 5,000+
Services
Arbitration and Mediation – international and domestic
Experience
Arbitrated and mediated $100+ Billion in international and domestic disputes since 1990 with emphasis on complex multi-party cases including extensive experience in areas of banking, bankruptcy,
business, commercial, condemnation, contracts, construction, consumer, copyright, corporate, employment, eminent domain, energy, franchise, fraud, healthcare, insurance, landlord/tenant, malpractice, maritime, mass tort,
municipalities, oil & gas, partnership, personal injury, premises liability, probate, product liability, real estate, securities, toxic tort, trademark and trade secrets.
Arbitration
Served as single arbitrator, panelist and chairman on more than 300 international and domestic arbitrations since 1990 in complex multi-party disputes including banking, business, commercial, construction,
consumer, contract, employment, energy, franchise, healthcare, insurance, malpractice, partnership, personal injury, real estate and securities matters.
Litigation
Board Certified in Civil Trial Law litigating since 1980 at all levels of state and federal trial and appellate courts and arbitration proceedings in multiple areas of complex commercial and business litigation.
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1980; B.A. University of Florida, 1977.
ADR Training
5,000+ hours of basic and advanced domestic and international arbitration, mediation, negotiation training and teaching experience; trained more than 5,000 attorney-mediators and judges across Canada, England,
Mexico, Turkey and 50+ cities in the United States; Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law and Pepperdine Law School teaching classes in mediation and negotiation.
Affiliations/Memberships
• Board Certified Texas Board of Legal Specialization - Civil Trial Law
• College of Commercial Arbitrators - Fellow and Past Board Member
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow and Past Board Member NAB
• American Arbitration Association Large Complex Case panelist
• American Health Lawyers Association panelist
• ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas, Past Chairman
• Association of Attorney Mediators, Past National President
Recognition
Voted #1 Best Individual Mediator/Arbitrator in Houston, Texas Lawyer-Best Survey,
U.S. News-Best Lawyers Survey. Martindale-Hubble AV Preeminent rated;
Named "Texas Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly magazine annually since 2003.
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