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Practice Areas: Plaintiff Personal Injury, Products Liability, Employment Law

Additional Information: Delta Theta Phi. President of Student Bar Association, 1967-1968. Recipient of American Bar Association's Silver
Key Award, 1968. Director, Jefferson County Junior Bar, 1971-1972. Member, Executive Committee and Faculty, Texas
College of Trial Advocacy, 1978- . Co-editor, Texas Evidence Law Reporter, 1984-1990. Member, Texas Supreme Court
Advisory Committee, 1985-1991. Author: "Special Considerations for the Negligent Plaintiff Under Comparative Negligence:
Joinder of Defendants and the Feasibility of 100% Recovery," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1976; "Uninsured and Underinsured
Motorist Problems," TTLA Insurance Litigation Seminar, 1983; "Stress-Triggered Disability: Medically Recognized, Legally
Ignored," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1984; "The Common Law and the Texas Rules of Evidence," Texas Evidence Reporter, 1984;
"Other Experts: When and How to Use Them," A Basic Trial Seminar, 1984; "New Vistas in Proving the Value of Human
Life," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1985; "Art of Persuasion: Profile of a Master," Masters at Work, 1985; "Creating Your Lawsuit:
Organization From Inception to Trial," Marshalling Evidence and Mapping Procedure, 1985; "Public is Competent Enough to
Elect Judges," Beaumont Enterprise, 1986; Message From the President: "Sound the Tocsin," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1986;
"President's Page: An Elected Judiciary is Preferred," Trial Lawyers Forum," 1986; "Presidents Page: Safer Products and the
Texas Trial Lawyer," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987; "President's Page: Life is a Fishbowl," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987;
"Preventing Law Trends and Compensation Payments For Stress-Disabled Workers," Praeger Publishers, 1987; "Pitfalls of
Multi-Party Settlements," Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1987;
"Experts and Learned Treatises," Evidence and Discovery Techniques, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program,
1988. Course Chair and Moderator: Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming,
1994; "Beat the Heat," (Course Chair and Moderator), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1996; Southeast Texas Legislative
Update Seminar, 1996. I Member Vice Chair, 1995- ); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Advisory Board,
1972-1973; Director, 1973-1986; Statewide Membership Chairman, 1974-1975; Budget and Finance Chairman,
1981-1985; Nominating Committee, 1981; President, 1986-1987; Member, Executive Committee, 1987-1988); The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Program Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971; National
Chairman, State Committeemen, 1971-1972; Recipient, Leadership Award, 1971; Secretary, 1980-1981, Vice-Chairman,
1981-1982, and Chairman, 1982-1983, Workers Compensation Section; Member: Board of Governors, 1982-1986,
1987-1989, 1994- ; Executive Committee, 1984-1985, 1996-1997; Medical Malpractice Committee, 1985-1986; Public
Affairs Committee, 1985-1986; Presidential Advisory Council, 1986-1987; Co-chair, Election

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Firm Members: Cheryl Schultz