Texas Supreme Court

• Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Zepeda, 601 S.W.3d 763 (Tex. 2020)
  Assisted in briefing an appeal involving a certified question from the Fifth Circuit regarding Section 50 of the Texas Constitution regarding the requirements of home mortgage loans.
• Levinson Alcoser Associates, L.P. v. El Pistolón II, Ltd., 513 S.W.3d 487 (Tex. 2017)
  Assisted in briefing an appeal concerning the certificate of merit requirement found in Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 150.

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Quanta Storage, Inc., 961 F.3d 731 (5th Cir. 2020)
  Assisted in securing affirmance of a $438 million antitrust judgment based on a price-fixing conspiracy involving optical disk drives. The appeal also involved an issue regarding the district court’s ability to enforce its judgment by ordering the defendant to turn over its assets to HP.  As the Fifth Circuit put it, “Quanta risked bet-the-company litigation and lost, so the district court ordered it to hand over the company.”
• Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 980 F.3d 1060 (5th Cir. 2020)
  Lead appellate counsel in a summary judgment appeal involving a defamation claim.
• Zepeda v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 967 F.3d 456 (5th Cir. 2020)
  Zepeda v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 935 F.3d 296 (5th Cir. 2019)
  Assisted in briefing an appeal regarding Section 50 of the Texas Constitution.
• Parrish v. Premier Directional Drilling, L.P., 917 F.3d 369 (5th Cir. 2019)
  Assisted in briefing an appeal regarding employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Nester v. Textron, Inc., 888 F.3d 151 (5th Cir. 2018)
  Assisted in securing affirmance of a $7.5 million products liability judgment in favor of a plaintiff who suffered serious injuries. The appeal involved important questions regarding Texas products liability law, jury charge practice in the Fifth Circuit, and evidentiary and bifurcation issues.
• Shawler v. Big Valley, L.L.C., 728 F. App’x 391 (5th Cir. 2018)
  Presented oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the meaning of a “small passenger vessel” found in Title 46 of the U.S. Code.
• Chesapeake Energy Corp v. NLRB, 633 F. App’x 613 (5th Cir. 2016)
  Assisted in drafting a successful petition for review from the NLRB’s decision that waiver of class or collective arbitration constituted an unfair labor practice.

Texas Courts of Appeal

• Equistar Chemicals, LP v. ClydeUnion DB, Ltd., 579 S.W.3d 505 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.], pet. denied)
  Assisted in briefing an appeal regarding the relevance of an opportunity to cure under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the offer-of-settlement provision under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 167.
• AirCon Corp. v. Figgs, No. 14-18-00934-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.])
  Assisted in briefing an appeal involving a $33 million products liability judgment in favor of our client who suffered serious injuries. The case settled while on appeal. Assisted plaintiff’s trial counsel with legal issues at trial court level.
• Arrows Up, LLC v. SandBox Logistics, LLC, No. 14-18-01091-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.])
  Assisted in briefing an appeal involving a $49 million judgment in favor of our client, SandBox. The appeal involved issues regarding non-disclosure agreements. The case settled while on appeal. Assisted the Beck Redden trial team with legal issues at trial court level.
• In re Wagner, 560 S.W.3d 309 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.], orig. proceeding [mand. denied])
  Assisted in obtaining a vacatur of a post-verdict new trial order. The vacatur resulted in the reinstatement of a $8 million personal injury verdict in favor of our client.

Federal District Court and Texas Trial Court Proceedings

• Represented a widow in a lawsuit regarding life insurance proceeds. Assisted trial counsel with legal briefing and analysis of the Texas Insurance Code and argued the directed verdict motion and the jury charge conference.
• Represented a municipality in a lawsuit against engineering professionals and others. Assisted trial counsel with summary judgment briefing. The case settled successfully before trial.

• Named in Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation in Appellate, 2024
• Named in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in Appellate Practice, 2023 – 2025
• Recognized as a “Rising Star” in Appellate by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers – Texas, 2021 – 2024
• Named as 2017–2018 “Rising Star” by the South Asian Bar Association of Houston

• Presenter, “The FTC Ban on Non-Competes and Implications for Texas Litigation”, HBA Appellate Practice Section Meeting (June 2024)
• Don’t Forget NDA Clauses Can Cover More than Trade Secrets, Law360 (Dec. 22, 2020) (co-authored with Matthew P. Whitley).
• Can Insurgent Courts Be Legitimate Within International Humanitarian Law?, 91 Tex. L. Rev. 1525 (2013)
• “Not Just for Trial Lawyers; Lessons from the Courtroom You Can Use in the Conference Room,” Association of Corporate Counsel Houston Chapter Half-Day Seminar, December 2022 (Panelist)

• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section, Online CLE Committee Member
• South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of Houston, Secretary 2020-2021
• Houston Bar Association Appellate Practice Section
  • Fourth Year Representative (2024-2025)
  • Second Year Representative (2023)
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
• Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow
• Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow

• Houston Volunteer Lawyers, Participant