• NCCPA Certification, 1985-1991
• Texas Academy of Physician Assistants, Board of Directors, 1986-1989
• Order of the Barristers
• Excellence in Advocacy Award
• Phi Delta Phi, Honorary Legal Fraternity
• Board of Advocates
• Oral Advocacy Assistant, 1990-1991
• Health Law Organization, Second Vice President, 1989-1990
• Who’s Who Among American Law Students
• Hippard Mock Trial Competition, 1989-1990
• TYLA State Moot Court Team, 1990
• National Mock Trial Team, 1991
• National Moot Court Pool, 1990
• ABA Moot Court Team, 1990
• Blakely Moot Court Competition, 1991 (1st Place & Best Brief)

• ABOTA
• TADC (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
• Austin Bar Association,
• Travis County Women Lawyer Association

• University of Houston School of Law, Houston, Texas (J.D., 1991), (Top 20%)
• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (B.S. – Physician Assistant Program, 1985)
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas (B.A. – Biology, 1983); Bachelor of Arts, Biolog

• What Lawyers Need to Know: Understanding the Medical and Nursing Boards. Presented at the 29th Annual Advanced Medical Torts Course; March 23-24, 2023. San Antonio, TX.
• Texas Medical and Nursing Board Update. Presented at the 28th Annual Advanced Medical Torts Course; March 24-25, Santa Fe, NM.
• Enforcement Trends of the Texas Medical & Nursing Boards. Presented at the 27th Annual Advanced Medical Torts Course; March 25-26, 2021.
• Closing Arguments:  Arming Jurors for Deliberations.  Presented at the 14th Annual Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar; October19, 2018.
• Medical Malpractice Overview. Presentation given at TADC Winter Seminar; February 5-9, 2014
• Pain Management and More, presented at the TOMA/TxACOFP 2012 5th Joint Annual Convention, June 20-24, 2012, San Antonio, Texas
• Hiding the Ball with the New Hospital and Peer Review Privileges; Presented at 8th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; September 18-19, 1997.
• Viability of a Cause of Action for the Loss of a Stillborn. Presented at the Medical Malpractice Seminar sponsored by Texas Tech University Law School Foundation and St. Mary’s University School of Law; November 15 and 16, 2001.
• Segmental (Floating) Lumbar Spine Fusions, SPINE, Vol. 14, No. 4, April 1989
• Segmental (Floating) Lumbar Spine Fusions, exhibited at International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, May 21-24, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois
• Scientific Exhibit Award, Texas Medical Association, 1989 Annual Session, Fort Worth, Texas Third place – Group I
• Retrospective Review and Longtime Results of Segmental (Floating) Lumbar Spine Fusion, Southern Orthopedic Association meeting August 2-7, 1988, Edinburgh, Scotland
• The Use of Osteostim HS-II Electric Bone Growth Stimulator for Enhancement of Fusion in 47 Patients, North American Spine Society meeting July 24-28, 1988, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Floating (Segmental) Lumbar Spine Fusions, Exhibit, North American Spine Society meeting July 24-28, 1988, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Retrospective Review and Longtime Results of Segmental (Floating) Lumbar Spine Fusion, Texas Orthopedic Association meeting May 15, 1988, San Antonio, Texas
• The Use of Osteostim HS-II Electrical Bone Growth Stimulator for Enhancement of Spinal Fusion, Bioelectrical Repair and Growth Society (BRAGS) October 11-14, 1987, Toronto, Canada
• The Role of Spine Fusion in the Salvage of Failed Chemonucleolysis Patients, North American Lumbar Spine Society meeting, June 25-28, 1987, Banff, Canada
• Silastic Block Reconstruction of Iliac Donor Bone Defects, International Study of Lumbar Spine Surgery meeting May 24-28, 1987, Rome, Italy, and Texas Medical Association 120th Annual Session May 13-17, 1987, Houston, Texas

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Heiman v. King
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Ogletree v. Matthews
262 S.W.3d 316 (Tex. 2007)

Fox v. Hinderliter
222 S.W.3d 154 (Tex. App.-San Antonio, 2006, no pet.)

Williams v. Keck
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Moritz v. Preiss
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Hodgkins v. Bryan
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Forrest v. Danielson
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Rupp v. Brown
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Prather v. Brandt
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Korndorffer v. Baker
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Brush v. Fustok
1996 WL 737465 (Tex.App.-Hous. [1st Dist] 1995, no writ)

Barstow v. Travis County
1998 WL 670225 (Tex.App.-Austin 1998, no writ)

Stine v. Brown
1994 WL 543477 (Tex.App.-Hous [1st Dist.] 1994, no writ)

Speed v. Sears
Roebuck & Co. 1997 WL 819931 (Tex. App.-Hous. [1st Dist] 1997, writ denied)

The Hartford Accident Indemnity Co. v. Texas Hosp. Ins. Exchange
1998 WL 598 126 (Tex.App.-Austin 1998, writ denied)

Harper v. EI DuPont
1997 WL 69858 (Tex.App.-Hous. [1st Dist.] 1997, writ denied)