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I am a trial lawyer with 20+ years of experience in civil litigation, with an emphasis on nonsubscriber litigation and first party bad faith claims. I also have extensive experience in oil and gas matters, professional liability claims and premise liability claims. I am licensed in both Texas and Oklahoma. Representative Cases:• Represented oil field services companies, manufacturers, grocers and trucking companies, as well as a host of other workers’ compensation nonsubscribers, against claims brought by injured workers. • Represented a casing supplier against claims that its casing failed during the fracture treatment process resulting in a loss of the well.• Represented an insurer in a multi-million dollar windstorm claim involving allegations of roof damage to a large commercial structure.• Represented an insurer in a complex coverage dispute involving extensive water intrusion and complicated construction defect issues brought by a large hospital district.• Represented a casing manufacturer in a lawsuit involving a well blow out brought by hundreds of nearby residents.• Represented a False Claims Act qui tam relator and his attorney in a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit against one of the largest Plaintiff’s law firms in the State of Texas. • Represented an independent oil and gas company in a breach of fiduciary duty claim against its joint venture partner, both in state district court and an adversary proceeding in federal bankruptcy court.Reported Opinions: • Grantham v. J&B Sausage Co., No. 14-15-00227-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 5168 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] May 17, 2016, no pet.)(mem. op.)• Hamm v. Robinson, 314 S.W.3d 204 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2010, no pet.)• In re Wright, No. 09-05-00183-CV, 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 7123 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Aug. 31, 2005, orig. proceeding)

Listed skills include Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Civil Litigation, and 20 others.