Multi-disciplined corporate transactional/litigation attorney with extensive experience representing individuals, start-ups, and established companies in a wide range of domestic and international legal matters.  Comprehensive background includes, inter alia, business formations, contract drafting and negotiations, complex civil litigation, and other legal matters.  Recipient of numerous professional awards and accolades, including AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Lifetime Fellow from the Texas Bar Foundation, “Rising Star” from Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters service), and “Top Attorney” from Fort Worth, Texas Magazine.  Admitted to practice in Texas, the Northern District of Texas, the Southern District of Texas, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  

Professional awards and accolades include:

• AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell (Martindale-Hubbell’s objective indicator of a lawyer's high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada; AV® Preeminent™ is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest and most exclusive rating for attorneys).
• Lifetime Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation (one of the highest honors bestowed upon a member of the State Bar of Texas; each year, only the top 1/3 of 1% of Texas attorneys are invited to become a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation).
• Selected by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine as a “Top Attorney” in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 .
• Selected by Texas Monthly, Magazine as a “Rising Star” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (an honor bestowed annually to only 2.5% of all Texas attorneys under 40 years of age).
• Selected by 360 West Magazine in 2017 as a “Top Attorney” in Tarrant County, Texas.

Juris Doctor, Texas Tech University School of Law

• Summa Cum Laude
• Order of the Coif
• Academic scholarship 

BBA, Angelo State University

• Magna Cum Laude
• Academic scholarship