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  • Supreme Court to Consider Validity of Class-Action and Collective-Action Waivers in Employees’ Arbitration Agreements,
    article co-authored with Joel de la Garza for the newsletter of the Employment Law and Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2017.
  • The Leap from E-Filing to E-Briefing: Recommendations and Options for Appellate Courts to Improve the Functionality and Readability of E-Briefs,
    member of ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers special committee that prepared 62-page report to advise appellate courts and lawyers of recommended practices and other considerations for transitioning from paper to electronic filings and records, 2016.
  • Fun with Jurisdiction and Venue: Recent Developments and Notable Nuances, paper and presentation for the Corpus Christi Bar Association’s Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar, 2015.
  • Religious Accommodation After EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, authored for the newsletter of the Employment Law & Litigation Committee of the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, 2015.
  • Damages Models in Employee Class and Collective Actions: Will Expediency or Accuracy Prevail?,
    authored for the newsletter of the Employment Law & Litigation Committee of the ABA's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, 2015.
  • Immunity, article for and presented at the Corpus Christi Bar Association Personal Injury Trial Law Seminar, 2014.
  • Defending Civil Rights Litigation, presentation for the State Bar of Texas’ Appellate Section and Government Law Section, 2017.
  • Practical Legal Writing Both Inside and Outside the Courtroom, presentation with Audrey Vicknair to the Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association, 2016.
  • Texas Supreme Court Update, presentation with Audrey Vicknair at the Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Personal Injury Trial Law Seminar, 2016.
  • Protected Classes, presentation at the Coastal Bend Society for Human Resource Management's Employment Law Seminar, 2016.
  • Employee Misconduct and Workplace Torts
    presented for Continuing Education credit at various insurance companies
  • Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law
    April 21, 2016
  • Defending Your Clients in a "Judicial Hellhole"
  • Authored  a chapter Deposing Design Professionals in the Deposition
    Manual published by the DRI February 23, 2016, February 23, 2016
  • Prosecuting and Defending Risk Transfer Agreements and Related Provisions
    February 20, 2015
  • Prosecuting and Defending Risk Transfer Agreements and Related Provisions
    published in the October 2014 issue of the "DRI for the Defense" magazine, October 1, 2014
  • Crossing the Threshold: Statutory Expert Reports in Suits Against Professionals, authored for and presented at the Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar, 2013.
  • Recent Developments in Appellate Advocacy, annual articles co-authored with other appellate lawyers for the Winter issues of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, 2013, 2015, and 2016.
  • U.S. Supreme Court Update, authored for and accompanying live presentation at the 2012 Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar.
  • Prosecuting and Defending Motions to Compel Arbitration: What Works, What Won't, authored for and presented to the Corpus Christi Bar Association Advanced Personal Injury Law Seminar, 2011.
  • Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009: A "FIT"-ing Policy for North America?, 33 Hous. J. Int'l Law 419 (2011).
  • Fifth Circuit Rejects "Restitution-via-McCorpen" Counterclaim
  • Dealing with Letters of Protection in"Paid or Incurred" States
    published in the DRI The Voice published February 6, 2013, February 6, 2013
  • Dealing with Design Professionals in Construction Defect Cases
    published in the DRI The Voice published July 11, 2012, July 10, 2012
  • Comment, The Paper School House: The Business of Texas Charter Schools and Their Effect on the Minority Student Population
    5 Scholar: 259 (2003)
  • Essay, Fordice, United States v. (1992), The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
    Oxford University Press (2005)
  • Article, Co-Author, The Effect of Outsourcing on Immigration
    The Texas Minority Counsel (2005)
  • Insurance Coverage Issues Raised by Typical Contractual Indemnity and Additional Insured Provisions in Oil and Gas Contracts, 57 The Advocate 45 (Winter 2011)
  • Eleven Issues Regarding Contractual Liability Coverage, 11 Journal of Texas Insurance Law 2, (Spring 2011)
  • Texas Claims Handling Manual (2012)
  • Preparing and Presenting an Asylum Case in Immigration Court, No. 12-08, Immigration Briefings (August 2012)
  • Contractual Risk Transfer: Indemnity and Additional Insured Provisions Under Texas and Maritime Law (2012)
  • Some Points of Interest at the Intersection of Arbitration and the Judicial System (2011)
  • Rep. Abel Herrero Files Legislation To Protect Domestic Violence Victims
    Mary's Law legislation brings the safety of domestic violence victims to forefront of session activity.
    February 19, 2009
  • Pro Bono Champion
    Robert H. Etnyre, Jr.
    Texas Bar Journal, October 2008, November 4, 2008
  • U. S. Detention of Crew in MARPOL Violations
    Sea Ventures Newsletter, Issue 12, Page 13, November 3, 2008
  • National Tort Reform Advocate Ranks Rio Grande Valley as Second-Worst ‘Judicial Hellhole’
    The Monitor, December 17, 2007
  • How To Help Clients Avoid The Responsible-Third- Party Label
    Texas Lawyer, November 13, 2006
  • A Marine Incident Investigation Checklist
    Texas Lawyer, August 7, 2006
  • Copyright Basics for Graphic Designers
    February 1, 2005
  • Comparative Study Between Traditional Ocean Shipping and the Ocean Transport of LNG & Offshore LNG Terminals in U.S. Waters
    SNAME's 14th Annual Offshore Symposium, November 1, 2004
  • The Law of the Internet in Texas
    National Business Institute, 12T6628, January 1, 2002
  • Ex-Parte Seizure of Intellectual Property Goods
    9 Tex. Intell. Prop.L.J. 307, January 1, 2001
  • Internet Research for Intellectual Property Law Issues
    Lorman Publishing, September 1, 2000
  • Maritime Disaster at Morgan's Point; Environmental Claims
    July 1, 2000
    Proceedings of South Texas College of Law's Program on Preventing and Responding to the Maritime Emergency
  • Legal Protection of Vessel Hull Designs and Related Technology, Offshore Technology Conference 2000
    OTC011955, May 1, 2000
  • Remedies, Liabilities, Indemnities, and Insurance Solutions in Offshore Employer's Liability
    The Federal Lawyer, V.46, No. 2, p. 26, February 1999
  • Maritime Commerce Reducing Environmental Losses
    Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 9 No. 4, April 1, 1995
  • Solidarity and Contribution in Maritime Claims
    55 LA. Law Review 799, 1995
  • Moores Federal Practice
    January 1, 1995
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