• Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization
• Creditor’s Rights
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Securities and Corporate Finance
• Construction Law

Practice Description

Representation of business clients in commercial and corporate matters, including representation in commercial litigation and business bankruptcies.

• Regional counsel for international inventory lender in dozens of proceedings seeking recovery of collateral and repayment of loans.
• Represent national telecommunications company in corporate matters, including contracting, asset purchases and acquisitions.
• Represented national real estate company in lease dispute with federal government.

Activities and Affiliations

• Elected Member of the American Law Institute
• Vice-President and Board Member, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, Inc.
• Corporate Counsel and Board Member, DallasReads (the Dallas Adult Literacy Council)
• Member, ArtsPartners Advisory Council
• Advisory Board, Dictionary of Texas Art
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Dallas Bar Association

Publications and Presentations

• Author, Civil Procedure: A Functional Approach
• Contributing Author, Collier on Bankruptcy
• Contributing Author, Collier’s Bankruptcy Practice Guide

Education and Experience

• Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., cum laude, 1969); Phi Beta Kappa
• Duke University (J.D., with distinction, 1972); Staff, Duke Law Journal
• Columbia University (LL.M., 1977); Jervey Fellow in Foreign Law; Intern, Cour de Cassation, Paris; Intern, Conseil d’Etat, Paris
• Hague Academy of International Law (Certificate in International Law, 1977)
• Formerly, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University School of Law
• Formerly, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, The University of Texas School of Law
• Admitted to practice before: The Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States Court of Federal Claims; United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.

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