Profile
Biography
• Very experienced litigator (over 100 jury trials) who teaches trial skills to lawyers and law students
o Representation in False Claims Act cases; Business and Commercial Litigation cases; Health Care Fraud cases; Environmental cases; Securities law cases; Tax cases; Trade Fraud cases; and other complex litigation matters
o Representation in Internal Investigations
o Representation in Corporate Governance matters
• Part-time academic and widely published
• Editor-in-chief of two legal treatises: one about pharmaceutical and medical device law; the other about corporate criminal liability
• Past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section
• Past Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
• Past Section Chief of the Financial Crimes Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
• Recognized by SuperLawyers and Best Lawyers, among other peer reviewed attorney ranking services.
• LL.M. degrees in Tax and Health Law
• Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
• Featured speaker for various professional audiences
• Trained arbitrator in health law
• Expert witness in health law cases.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Health Care Law
- White Collar Crime
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business – Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer – Arbitration/Mediation, Family – Arbitration/Mediation
Education
- University of Houston – Main Campus
- LL.M | (Health Law)
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- University of Houston – Main Campus
- LL.M | Taxation
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- South Texas College of Law
- J.D | Law
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Websites & Blogs
- University of Texas – Arlington
- B.A | English
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