Position: Member

TEL: 214-522-9404

FAX: 214-969-5522

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Admitted: State of Texas; U.S. District Courts, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Law School: University of Houston (1989)

College: Rice University, B.A. (1985); University of Houston, MBA (1989)

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Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Truck Wrecks; Auto Wrecks; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation

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Listed in Best Lawyers in America - Plaintiff\\\'s Personal Injury Litigation (2014-15); Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocates; Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, Dallas Executive Committee; Lawdragon Magazine 500 Leading Plaintiffs\\\' Lawyers in America - 2007; Texas Monthly Super Lawyer - 2003-2014; Texas Monthly Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas - 2013-14; D Magazine - Best Lawyers in Dallas - 2014-15; President, Dallas Trial Lawyers Association - 2008; Vice-President of Finance, Texas Trial Lawyers Association - 2013-14; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee - Business, Consumer and Employment - 2007-2009. PUBLICATIONS: \"The Unlawful Acts Doctrine in Texas: Dead or Alive?\" Texas Lawyer, February 16, 2015; “Phantom Defendants: Responsible Third Parties,” Texas Lawyer, January 5, 2015; “Clearing a Hurdle in Bystander Cases,” Texas Lawyer, November 24, 2014; “Information Acted On Is Not Hearsay,” Texas Lawyer, August 25, 2014; “The Foundations of Effective Cross-Examination,” American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Committee Newsletter, 101 Practice Series Article, Summer 2014, Vol. 1 No. 2; “When is Enough Enough? How to Prove Causation With Temporal Proximity and Lay Testimony,” Texas Lawyer, April 21, 2014; “How to Win Wrongful-Death, Survival Damages,” Texas Lawyer, January 13, 2014; “Personal Injury: Stowers and Multiple Defendants,” Texas Lawyer, December 16, 2013; “Maximize the Effectiveness of Opening Argument,” Texas Lawyer, November 25, 2013; “Admissibility of Other Similar Incidents in Civil Litigation,” Texas Lawyer, October 7, 2013; “Innocent-Retailer Protection, Jurisdiction and Removal,” Texas Lawyer, July 22, 2013; “How to Break Down Issues in Component-Parts Cases,” Texas Lawyer, April 29, 2013; “Understanding the Dram Shop Act’s Safe Harbor,” Texas Lawyer, January 28, 2013; “Fear of Commitment Questions in Voir Dire,” Texas Lawyer, December 17, 2012; “What Attorneys Can’t Say In Closing Arguments,” Texas Lawyer, October 8, 2012; “How to Handle Physical and Mental Examinations,” Texas Lawyer, June 25, 2012; “Objecting to the Admission of Harmful Evidence,” Texas Lawyer, May 7, 2012; “Tactical Considerations in Depositions,” Texas Lawyer, February 6, 2012; “Deposition Strategies in State and Federal Court,” Texas Lawyer, January 2, 2012; “Overcome Fear Factor in Adverse Expert Cross-Examination,” Texas Lawyer, August 15, 2011; “Seven Deadly Myths of Cross-Examination,” Texas Lawyer, June 20, 2011; “Think Strategy in a Post-H.B. 274 World,” Texas Lawyer, June 6, 2011; “Questions to Ask Police Officers in Car Wreck Cases,” Texas Lawyer, January 17, 2011; “Set-Aside Scuffles,” Texas Lawyer, December 20, 2010; \\\"Trial Lawyer as Secret Agent: Techniques Litigators Can Learn From Spies and Detectives,\\\" Texas Lawyer, January 25, 2010; \\\"My Atticus Finch Moment,\\\" Texas Lawyer, February 12, 2006; \\\"Time Limits on Voir Dire Trade Justice for Efficiency,\\\" Texas Lawyer, March 21, 2005; \\\"Factual Sufficiency Review by the Supreme Court,\\\" Texas Lawyer, January 24, 2005; \\\"The New Good Samaritans: HB 4\\\'s Protections for Emergency Medical Care,\\\" Texas Lawyer, Nov. 29, 2004; \\\"Why do Jurors Blame the Victim?\\\" 39 Trial 52 (Dec. 2003); \\\"Palacios and Article 4590i Expert Reports: Trying to Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow\\\'s Ear,\\\" 65 Tex. B.J. 512 (2002); \\\"A Reply to a Flawed Defense of Sponsorship Theory,\\\" 63 Tex. B.J. 756 (2000); \\\"Inoculating Against Bad Facts: Brilliant Trial Strategy or Misguided Dogma?\\\" 63 Tex. B.J. 443 2000); \\\"Admissibility of Criminal Convictions in Civil Cases,\\\" 61 Tex. B.J. 1112 (1998); \\\"Non-Subscriber Liability for Employee Injuries: Foreseeability is in the Eye of the Employee?\\\" 60 Tex. B.J. 628 (1997).

Firm Members: Robert Crain

Firm Members: Darrell Calvin, Jr.

Firm Members: Lukas Garcia