Admissions
1982, Texas
US Supreme Court
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas Eastern District Court
Texas Northern District Court
Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
US District Court, Eastern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
US District Court, Northern District of Texas
Memberships
Professional Activities
•National Board of Health Lawyers
- Founding Member, appointed by the ABA Health Law Section
•Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
- Medical Devices and Diagnostics Committee
•American Bar Association
- Section of Business Law
-- White-Collar Crime Committee, past chair
-- Former Member, Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer
- Health Law Section
-- Past Chair, 2015-present
-- Chair, 2014-2015
-- Chair-Elect, 2013-2014
-- Vice-Chair, 2012-2013
-- Secretary, 2011-2012
-- Co-Chair, Publications Committee, 2010-2011
2004-2007
-- Member, Governing Council, 2008-present
- Member, ABA Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability
- Past Member, ABA Planning Committee on Publishing Oversight
- Planning Committee, ABA National Institute on Corporate Internal Investigations
- Former Member of Planning Committee, ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud
- Vice Chair, ABA Relations, 2016-
- Vice Chair, Health Law and Policy Coordinating Committee, 2016-
•University of Houston Law Center, Health Law & Policy Institute
- Adjunct Professor, 2001
•University of Florida, College of Pharmacy
- Adjunct Professor, 2013
•National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Faculty Instructor
•Editor-in-Chief, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law: Regulation of Research, Development, and Marketing (2d Ed., BNA & ABA Health Law Section, publishers) (2007
2015) (in annual supplementation)
•NITA's Houston Regional Deposition Program
- Faculty Member, 2014-2018
Bar Fellowship
American Bar Foundation, 2005
•Houston Bar Foundation, 2000-
•Advisory Board, University of Houston Law Center, Criminal Justice Institute, 2005-
Member: Professional Activities
•Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
- Medical Devices and Diagnostics Committee
•NITA's Houston Regional Deposition Program
- Faculty Member, 2014-2016
•American Bar Association
- Section of Business Law
-- White-Collar Crime Committee, past chair
-- Former Member, Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer
- Health Law Section
-- Immediate Past Chair, 2015-present
-- Chair, 2014-2015
-- Chair-Elect, 2013-2014
-- Vice-Chair, 2012-2013
-- Secretary, 2011-2012
-- Co-Chair, Publications Committee, 2010-2011; 2004-2007
-- Member, Governing Council, 2008-present
- Member, ABA Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability
- Past Member, ABA Planning Committee on Publishing Oversight
- Planning Committee, ABA National Institute on Corporate Internal Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel
- Former Member of Planning Committee, ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud
- Vice Chair, ABA Relations, 2016-
- Vice Chair, Health Law and Policy Coordinating Committee, 2016-
•University of Houston Law Center, Health Law & Policy Institute
- Adjunct Professor, 2001-present
•University of Florida, College of Pharmacy
- Adjunct Professor, 2013-present
•National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Faculty Instructor
•Editor-in-Chief, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law: Regulation of Research, Development, and Marketing (2d Ed., BNA & ABA Health Law Section, publishers) (2007; 2015) (in annual supplementation)