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Lance Caughfield is a board-certified appellate attorney who also provides litigation and counseling assistance in complex civil litigation, as well as serving as a mediator. He shares and refines his skills as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law, where he coaches several moot court teams, many of which have won national championships, and as a contributing editor for the Appellate Advocacy Blog, a part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.Representative Appeals:University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas v. Arancibia, 324 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. 2010).Mid-Century Ins. Co. of Texas v. McLain, No. 11-08-00097-CV(Tex.App.--Eastland 2010, no pet.) (mem. op.).Jones v. Ray Ins. Agency, 59 S.W.3d 739 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 2001), pet. ref’d p.c., 92 S.W.3d 530 (Tex. 2003).Straza v. Friedman, Driegert & Hsueh, LLC et al., 124 S.W.3d 404 (Tex. App.–Dallas 2003, pet. denied).Bell v. VPSI, Inc., 205 S.W.3d 706, (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 2006, no pet.) Lopez v. Farmers Texas County Mut. Ins. Co., No. 06-06-00024-CV (Tex. App.–Texarkana 2007, no pet.) Poteet v. Kaiser, No. 2-06-397-CV (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 2007, pet. denied)Selected Publications: Texas Court of Appeals Update -- Substantive, The Appellate Advocate (several volumes).The Twists and Turns of Attorney-Client Privilege, Texas Lawyer, Oct. 29, 2001.Communicating Credibility, Litigation, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Summer 2001), reprinted in The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials, 131 (Lundquist & Pytte, eds 2008).Track Records: A Comparison of the Rates of Reversal of Personal-Injury Verdicts in the Federal Circuits, Certworthy, Winter 2001. (with David Pruessner) The Y2K Act: Puzzling Protection for Defendants, Local Government Law Weekly, Nov. 22, 1999.Who’s Picking Up the Tab? Policyholders Try to Bill Insurer for Y2K Remediation Costs, Texas Lawyer, Sept. 20, 1999.Specialties: Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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