Complex Proceedings

• MDL 1279, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Litigation (E.D. La.) – lead responsibility for legal strategy and briefing for defense of product manufacturer.
• MDL 863, Taxable Municipal Bonds Securities Litigation (E.D. La.) – first chair defense of bond trustee, including arguments before Fifth Circuit and JPML.
• MDL 310, Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation (S.D. Tex.) – wide-ranging pretrial responsibilities for Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee.

Successful Appeals – Briefing and Analysis

• OOGC America, L.L.C. v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., 975 F.3d 449 (5th Cir. 2020)
• Environment Texas Citizens Lobby v. ExxonMobil Corp., 968 F.3d 357, 824 F.3d 507 (5th Cir.2020, 2016)
• Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson and Co., 842 F.3d 883 (5th Cir. 2016)
• In re Deepwater Horizon, 745 F.3d 57 (5th Cir. 2014)

• Presentations: Fifth Circuit Update, Recent Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Southern District Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Download PDF
• Walker Process Proof: The Proper Prescription, 41 Rutgers L.J. 105 (2009)
• The Right of Trial by Jury in Patent Infringement Cases, 28 Rev. Litig. 735 (2009)
• Potential Liability of Marine Classification Societies to Non-Contracting Parties, 19 U.S.F. Mar. L.J. 183 (2007)

• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation