After more than 25 years of jury trials and litigation, I have turned my experiences with clients, opposing parties and counsel, judges, juries, and appellate courts into assisting litigants get past the continued uncertainty, expense, and stress inherent in legal disputes.

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I am certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Civil Trial Law and Labor & Employment Law. I graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1998. I received my mediation certification from the Newhouse Mediation Clinic.

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I tried my first case to a jury as an intern at the Harris County District Attorney's Office immediately after receiving my student bar card in 1997. From that first voir dire my course was set. After leaving the DA's office in 2001, I transitioned into civil litigation. Since then I have tried scores of cases on both sides of the docket.  I have tried cases to juries in justice courts to state and federal district courts on both sides of the dockets, from personal injury and civil rights to business disputes and employment cases. I have known all of the highs and lows that come with the life of a litigator. Through close professional relationships with my clients, I have learned of the elation and the pain they experience throughout the process.
 

I have also handled all of the appeals for my cases post-verdict. It is my experience that trial attorneys are not giving enough consideration to the very dynamic appellate courts and their effects. Gone are the days when a jury verdict could be expected to stand simply because it was a jury verdict. The appellate courts are now a very real factor - and perhaps even less predictable than juries.

Also included in the equation of case evaluation are the obvious financial costs and time. But I also believe the less tangible adverse effects of long-term litigation cannot be overstated, including the drain on individual plaintiffs and defendants, businesses, management, their employees, and their long-term planning. I work to emphasize the value of the intangibles - of being done, of being certain, and of moving on. Of course none of this can come at the expense of each party being able to live with the decisions being made. Parties so often walk into mediation believing that if the case were to get to a jury they would surely win, and asking them to let that go is a big ask. A mediator must find a way to ensure that the parties and the attorneys feel that they were heard and that what they said mattered in the course of the mediation process.