Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Houston, TX

Pro bono/Community Service

• President, Harris County Democratic Lawyers' Association, 2012-2015
• Board Member, Vice President, Houston Democratic Lawyers Association
• Board Trustee, Houston Lawyer Referral Service
• Board Member, Houston Law Review Alumni Association, 1996 Vice President, 1994
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center, 2001
• Democratic nominee, United States Congress, 22nd Congressional District, 2002
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2010
• Democratic nominee, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District, Place 9, 2010

Bar/Professional Activity

• Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Law Foundation
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association
• Chair, District 4-6 Subcommittee Grievance Panel, 2012
• Chair - District 4-6 Subcommittee, Grievance Panel, 2013
• Member - Standing Committee Pattern Jury Charges - Malpractice, Premises, and Products, 2014
• Chair, District 4 Grievance Committee, State Bar of Texas, 2014
• Chair, District Grievance Panel, District 4, 2015

Special Licenses/Certifications

• Board-certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Board-Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Licensed State of Washington, 2015

Honors/Awards

• 10.0 Superb rating, AVVO
• A-V Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers - Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2007
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers - Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2008
• Magazine recognition, Top Lawyers for the People-Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2008
• Top Lawyers in Houston, Magazine Recognition, H Texas Magazine, 2013
• Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation, Woodward/White US News & World Report, 2014
• Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation, Woodward/White US News & World Report, 2015

Educational Background

• University of Texas, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1974
• University of Houston Law Center, Doctorate of Jursprudence, cum laude, 1983

Scholarly Lectures/Writings

• Author, Evidence in Personal Injury Cases, South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 1986
• Author, Recognizing and Handling Medical Malpractice - The Defense Perspective, PESI, 1989
• Author, Hiding the Ball with the New Peer Review Privilege, TTLA, 1997
• Author, Eighteen Texas Medico-Legal Cases Important to Every Physician, Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 1999
• Author, Dumping and Other Statutory Violations, TTLA, 2001
• Author, Medical Malpractice-Recent Developments, South Texas College of Law CLE Program, 2003
• Author, The "Fill-in-the-Blank Expert Report": Keeping Control on Going Foward with Your Case, TTLA, 2004
• Author, HIPAA Traps for Unwary Practitioners, TTLA, 2004
• Deposition order sequencing article., Author, Who's on First?, Burden of Proof, Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Ass'n, 2007
• Commentary on in re Frank Kent Motor Co., Texas Supreme Court case, Author, Further Assault on the Right to Trial by Jury, 2012

Videos

• Tim Riley, Lawyer, 2014