Order of the Coif. Member: Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Committee, Fire and Casualty Sub-Committee). Author and Speaker: "Discovery Update: 17th Annual Litigation Update Institute, State Bar of Texas, January 2001. Author and Speaker: "Overview of the Law of Expert Witnesses," University of Texas Annual Evidence Symposium, April 2000. Author and Speaker: "Overview of the Law of Expert Witnesses," University of Texas' Annual Page Keeton Products Liability Conference, October 1999. Author: "Implications of the Application of Non-Mutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel in Texas Products Liability Cases," 30 Texas Tech Law Review No. 3, p. 1127, 1999. Co-Author: "Thoughts on Expert Retention in the Daubert/Robinson Era: Roaming Beyond Your Rolodex," The Advocate State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report, Winter 2005. Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Survey: Evidence," 26 Texas Tech Law Review 625, 1995. Co-Author: "Fifth Circuit Survey: Criminal Law," Texas Tech Law Review Fifth Circuit Symposium Issues 1993 and 1994 (Best Article Award Winner, 1993). Co-Author: "Principals' and Indemnitors' Rights and Obligations," 3rd Annual Construction Law Conference, University of Texas School of Law, 1990. Member, Cameron County Young Lawyers Association, 1993-1999.