Activities

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

Chair: President’s Commission on Fraternal Organizations (investigation—1986-87).

Faculty Committee: NCAA Faculty Committee to Advise Student Athletes on Professional Contracts.

Professorship: Holder of Ben Gardner Sewell Professorship in Law (1992-2002).

Director: Interscholastic Advocacy Competition—Coaches and Teams, 1983-1994.

Chair: Faculty Advocacy Committee (several years since 1983) (charged with overseeing student Moot Court and Mock Trial Competitions, intramural and varsity).

Coach: National Champion Mock Trial Team—Spring, 1989 (with Jim Ewbank).

Faculty Director: Board of Advocates (Student organization managing advocacy competitions), 1983-1990.

Course Director: UT Annual DTPA Conference (annually 1992-1998).

Originator: Curriculum development for course “Texas Procedure for Litigators,” a three-hour course in advanced trial advocacy and Texas Courts. First offered–Spring, 1985.

Demonstrator: “All Star Mock Trial,”–Spring 1989 (with attorneys Steve Sussman, Daryl Bristow, and Dick Miller.)

Participant: Planning Committee Member–State Bar of Texas Closing Arguments Seminar—1989.

Planning Committee: State Bar of Texas: “Advanced Civil Trial” Conference—1980-81.

Reporter-Moderator: Supreme Court of Texas Task Force on the Jury—1996-97.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Special Counsel: Attorney General of Texas Special Counsel for Complex Litigation—1999.

Lead Counsel: Ruiz v. Scott (Texas Prison Litigation Class Action—Spring 1999).

Special Master: Cimino v. Raymark—E. D. Texas, 1985.

Advisor: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Uniform Transfer of Litigation Act, consolidations and class actions).

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Arbitrator: Pop-Moody Employment Termination, 2006

Arbitrator: Panel of Arbitrators—Commercial Disputes, AAA, 1987-1990.

Chief Arbitrator: In re Jamail Realty Interests.

Mediator: In re Brite Ranch—1999.

Mediator: Norplant Class Action Settlement (representing State of Texas).

Mediator: Judd Foundation Dispute.

Mediator: Vivion v. City of Austin (class action).

Fellow: University of Texas ADR Mediation Fellows Program (week-long training in mediation).

Graduate: University of Texas Short Mediation Course (three-day course).