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Biography:
Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal
Specialization
AV
rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1973
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin,
Texas, 1973
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 1970
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Published Works:
Commercial Evictions,
Commercial and Residential Evictions Seminar, Sterling
Education Services, May, 2003
Bankruptcy and Probate Matters,
Lorman Education Services Collection Law for the Health
Care Industry Seminar, 2001
Bankruptcy Strategies for
Creditors, Texas Bar Collections and Creditors'
Rights Course 2009
Business Records as
Evidence, Stromar Educational Services Evidence
Seminar, 1999 and Stromar Educational Services Civil
Litigation for General Practitioners Seminar, 2000 and
2001
Creditors Rights Update,
National Business Institute Seminar on the Prudent
Creditor: Protecting Your Right to Get Paid During a
Bankruptcy in Texas, 2006
Demand and Notice Letters -
Complying With Statutory Requirements; Drafting Letters
that Work, University of Houston Law Center
Collecting Debts and Judgments Institute, 1997,
2000-2003 and 2005 and Stromar Educational Services
Creditor's Rights Seminar, 2000 and 2001
Drafting Petitions for
Collection Suits, University of Houston Law
Center Drafting Documents for a Collection Practice
Institute, 1991, 1992 and 1993
Effects of Bankruptcy On The
Collection Process, Lorman Education Services
Collection Law Seminar, 1994 - 2001 and Stromar
Educational Services Collection Law Seminar, 1999 - 2002
Extraordinary Remedies -
Sequestration, Receivership, Garnishment, Attachment and
Distress Warrants, Texas Center for the
Judiciary, College for Judicial Studies 2003
Fraudulent Transfers,
State Bar of Texas Seminar on Collections and Creditors'
Rights, 2003, 2005 and 2007 and University of Houston
Law Foundation course on Collecting Debts and Judgments
2007 and 2008
How to Offer and Exclude
Evidence, Stromar Educational Services General
Civil Practice Seminar, 1999
Jury Issues and Instructions
in Collections Cases, Texas State Bar Advanced
Creditors' Rights Course, 1990
Limits of Self-Help
Repossession Under Section 9-503 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, Texas State Bar Advanced
Creditors' Rights Course, 1985 and 1986 and Stromar
Educational Services Creditor's Rights Seminar, 2000 and
2001
Making Your Judgment More
Than Just a Judgment, South Texas College of Law
Advanced Civil Litigation Institute, 1989
Mediation and Settlement
Strategies for Collection Lawyers, Texas State
Bar Collections and Creditors' Rights Course 2008
Prejudgment Remedies -
Garnishment, Attachment, Sequestration, Distress
Warrants, Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary
Injunctions, Texas State Bar Advanced Civil
Trial Course, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 and
Texas State Bar Debt Collection Institute, 1987
Prejudgment Remedies,
South Texas College of Law Collection Strategies for
Lawyers' Seminar, 1991
Prejudgment Remedies -
Sequestration, Receivership, Garnishment, Attachment,
Temporary Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions,
Texas Center for the Judiciary, College for Judicial
Studies 2006
Post Judgment Discovery,
State Bar of Texas Collections and Creditor's Rights
Course, May, 2005
Post Judgment Remedies,
Houston Bar Association Seminar, 1993
Post Judgment Remedies,
University of Houston Law Center Collecting Debts and
Judgments Course, 2006
Post Judgment Remedies: Tips
for Litigators From a Creditors' Rights Attorney,
State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course 2006
(oral presntation only)
Real Property Foreclosure:
An In-Depth Walk-Through With Legal Considerations,
National Business Institute Seminar on Real Property
Foreclosure 2009
Summary Judgments,
State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistants Division, Advanced
Civil Trial Law Seminar, 1995
Venue and Special Issues in
Collection Cases, Texas State Bar Advanced
Creditors' Rights Course, 1987
What Is a Payment in the
Ordinary Course of Business? - Preference Defense of
Section 547(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, 94
Commercial Law Journal 358, Fall, 1989
When the Tenant Files for
Bankruptcy, Sterling Education Services Seminar
on Commercial Leases -- Drafting, Enforcing and
Litigating, 2003
Representative Cases:
Freeman v. Northwest Acceptance Corp., 754 F.2d
553 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1985)
Silver Threads, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North
America, 530 S.W.2d 874 (TexCivApp.-Hous (1
Dist.) 1975)
In re Mark D. Smith, 397 B.R. 810 (Bankr.E.D.Tx 2008)
In re Triplex Marine Maintenance, Inc., 258 B.R. 659 (Bankr.E.D.Tx
2000)
Representative Clients:
Orix Financial Services, Inc.
The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
Hewlett Packard Financial Services Company
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
Professional Associations and
Memberships:
Member, Commercial Law League of America, 1974 -
Present
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Houston Bar Association
Birth Information: August 25,
1948, Beatrice, Nebraska |
