Regional counsel based in Kosovo covering corporate legal matters in Europe and Eastern Europe; Middle East: UAE, Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.

International Consultant, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Probate, Mediation. Pipeline Condemnation and Landowner Defense.

Legal counsel to Houston-based oil and gas operator in numerous locations.

Advising multinational businesses on the formation of subsidiaries and branches within foreign jurisdictions, drafting and implementation of FCPA compliance policies, international arbitration and litigation, and the structuring and execution of international commercial transactions.

International corporate law and business operations-Middle East. Successfully interfaced and managed local counsel in six Middle East countries with extensive in-country overseas experience including FCPA, litigation and risk management, cyber security. Exceptional expertise in negotiating, mediating, crisis management, international litigation and commercial arbitration support. Effective conflict-resolver with excellent team building skills. Recognized for ability to succeed using a culturally diverse staff. Highly competent experienced lawyer in global supply chain, vendor, subcontractor and supply chain claim resolution, contractual flowdown and flowup applications and corporate compliance. While living in Baghdad, operated as the local legal counsel for KBR for Iraq, Afghanistan, Dubai, Kuwait, Djibouti, Bahrain and surrounding countries, coordinating 24,000 expatriate employees, 70,000 subcontract employees and hundreds of subcontractors located in the Middle East.

Toxic tort defense: asbestos, silica, benzene

Real Estate, Oil and Gas, White Collar Crime, Estate Planning and Probate, Family Practice, Corporate Formation and Transaction.

Served various national VP positions including VP Budget and Finance, VP National Treasurer, VP Legislation.

LCDR, Naval Intelligence Officer, Credentialed NCIS Agent. Clearance.

Adjunct Professor teaching Civil and Criminal Procedure, Civil and Criminal Law, Economics, Personal Finance.

Chief Municipal Judge of City of Hitchcock, Texas.

Taught criminal law and procedure at Harris County Law Enforcement Academy to law enforcement officers