Bar Admissions
  • State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of California
  • State Bar of Louisiana
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Awards
  • Named “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters, 2023
  • Super Lawyer: Rising Star, 2012-2021
  • National Trial Lawyers Association: Top 40 Under 40
  • Avvo Rating: Superb, Top Attorney Personal Injury
  • Avvo Rating: Superb, Top Attorney Mesothelioma
  • Avvo Rating: Superb, Top Attorney Wrongful Death
  • Avvo Rating: Clients’ Choice, Personal Injury, 2015-2016
  • “Top Lawyer”: Houstonia Magazine, 2015-2016
  • National Institute of Legal Counsel: 10 Best Firms
  • Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
  • Pepperdine University School of Law, salutatorian, summa cum laude
  • Order of Barristers
  • Order of the Coif
  • Pepperdine University School of Law Faculty Scholar
  • Wheaton College, magna cum laude
Publications & Speaking Engagements
  • “Taking a Stand for Justice: A Widow Leads the Way,” TRIAL 2008.
  • Presented at Northeast HB Litigation Conference 2012, “Trying an Asbestos Case – How to Get the W.”
  • Presented as Plaintiff’s Counsel for Mocktrial at Perrin Conference: Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation, 2012.