Presentations

  • DLA Litigation Practice Group Training: “Oral Advocacy Best Practices” webinar, May 6, 2020

  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Course Instructor for Deposition Skills: Online, April 3 - April 5, 2020

  • "Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility and Trial Advocacy Trainer for Nepal Bar Association International Training for Women Lawyers, November 17-22, 2019"

  • Client presentation "Lump Sum Contracts: The Whole Pie and Some Avoidable Crumbles," October 1, 2019

  • American Bar Association 2019 TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy Instructor, April 12 – April 17, 2019

  • "Texas Supreme Court Updates: Contract Clauses Transactional Lawyers Should Kill and Contract Clauses Transactional Lawyers Should Love," April 11, 2019

  • Client presentation "Lump Sum Contracts: The Whole Pie and Some Avoidable Crumbles," April 4, 2019, February 2, 2019, October 18, 2018

  • "Professional Liability: Updates on Attorney and Accountant Liability in Texas," January 24, 2017

  • "Battle of the forms - an EU-CISG-US overview," December 5, 2016

  • "Four Key Common Construction Contract Provisions," seminar to the Construction and Energy Committee of the IHCF (In-House Counsel Forum) in Seoul, Korea, December 1, 2016

  • Panelist Presenter, "Association of Corporate Counsel: Defining the [Attorney-Client] Relationship," August 16, 2016

  • Panelist Presenter, "'In A Flash': a lesson in cybersecurity to clients in Mexico City," June 16, 2016

  • "Avoiding De Facto Energy Partnerships Under Texas Law: An Overview of the ETP Million Dollar Verdict," Houston Bar Association Mergers & Acquisitions Section Meeting, April 21, 2016

  • "Avoiding Multi-Million Dollar Liability for De Facto Energy Partnerships Under Texas Law – A Point/Counterpoint Overview of the ETP Multi-Million Dollar Verdict," Institute for Energy Law's 67th Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference, February 18, 2016

  • Panelist Presenter, "'In A Flash': a lesson in cybersecurity," November 18, 2015

  • Multiple presentations of "'At What Cost': Ethical and Compliance Issues faced by corporate auditors, lawyers, and compliance officers," September – October, 2015

  • "Ethical negotiations in transactions and litigation settlements," January 13, 2015

  • "The big payback and ethical traps: a candid discussion of in-house counsel compensation," November 12, 2014

  • Presentation at the Harris County Civil Judicial Education Conference: Update on Partnership: The Totality of the Circumstances Test Under Ingram v. Deeve, August, 2014

  • "Common Contractual Pitfalls From a Litigation Perspective," CLE presentation to Nordex USA (world leading supplier of wind turbines), Chicago, April 22, 2014

  • "Avoiding Multi-Million Dollar Liability for De Facto Partnership Breach Under Texas Law (An Overview of the ETP billion dollar verdict)," CLE presentation to Kinder Morgan, April 8, 2014

  • "Upstream Oil & Gas – Potential Liability and Issues" presentation to Pemex in Mexico City, March 24, 2014

  • "Minding the Gap," City of Houston CLE Ethics Presentation on the Multiple Roles of In-House Counsel, February 26, 2014

  • "Minding the Gap," CLE Ethics Presentation on the Multiple Roles of In-House Counsel, January 29, 2014

  • "Effective and Ethical Contractual Disclaimers of Fraud, or How to Avoid a US$197 Million Liability from a US$500 Investment," CLE Presentation, February 19, 2013

  • "Rising in the Ranks of Law Firms," 20th Annual Texas Minority Counsel Program, October 3-5, 2012

  • "General Lender Liability Litigation Trends," Texas Bar CLE Course Suing, Defending and Negotiating with Financial Institutions Course, February 10, 2012

Publications

  • "Practical Ethics of Witness Preparation;" The Advocate (State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report); Volume 89, Winter 2019

  • "From Medicine to Sexbots, AI Raises Liability Questions", Law360, October 24, 2018

  • "De Facto Partnerships in Texas: Do Actions Always Speak Louder than Words?" American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Oil and Gas Committee Newsletter, October 2016

  • "Texas appeals court: LLCs and partnerships are not "corporations" against which attorneys' fees can be awarded," client alert, May 26, 2016

  • "Actual knowledge is a prerequisite to liability: Houston Appeals Court reiterates Chapter 95's central role in suits against property owners," client alert, February 19, 2016

  • "Zachry v. Port of Houston Authority: Texas Supreme Court rules for contractor despite no-damages-for-delay clause," client alert, September 4, 2014

  • "Avoiding multimillion-dollar liability for de facto partnership breach under Texas law: one useful tip," client alert, March 5, 2014

  • "Rapid Response or Crisis Management," Texas Lawyer 2012