Employment
- Certified Advanced Mediator, Arbitrator, and Trainer | Austin Texas Mediators LLC Mediators & Arbitrators of America
- Attorney-at-Law Jackson Walker LLC, 2001-present
- Complex civil litigation, including class actions, intellectual property, First Amendment, media, healthcare, insurance, employment
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D. 1983 University of Southern California, A.B. summa cum laude, 1979
Bar Admissions
- Texas (state and federal courts) New York (state and federal courts) California (state and federal courts) Connecticut (state and federal courts) United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Publications
- The Business Lawyer
- “Bankruptcy Code Section 304 and U.S. Recognition of Foreign Bankruptcies: The Tyranny of Comity.” Volume 39, No. 4 1984
- The Pacific Law Journal
- “Will James Stewart’s Rear Window Become A Pane in the Glass?” Volume 22, No. 1 1990
- Whittier Law Review
- “California’s Proposition 51: Ambiguities in Apportionment and the Impact on Federal Interpleader and Intrastate Settlement.” Volume 12, No. 2 1991
- Media Law Resource Center Bulletin
- “Non-Human Persons and the Right of Publicity.” Issue 4, 2008
- VIA Media Law E-Newsletter
- First Amendment, libel, news media, right of publicity, privacy, legislation, 2007-present
Presentations
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Litigation Regional CLE Committee
- Moderator, “Video Game Law”, 2015
- Copyright Society of the USA
- Moderator, “Hot Topics in Video Game Law”, 2013
- Media Law Resource Center’s First Amendment Speakers Bureau
- Censorship and Student Speech Rights, 2014
- Texas Association of Broadcasters Southwest Broadcast Newsroom Workshop
Service
- American Red Cross of Central Texas
- Chairman and Board Member, 2007-14
- Copyright Society of the USA
- Chairman, Texas Chapter, 2014-15
- Media Law Resource Center
- Committee member, 2013-present
- Anti-Defamation League
- Austin Steering Committee Member, 2016
- Texas Association of Broadcasters
- Newsroom Legislative Committee, 2015-present
- Texas A&M Legacy Society
- Texas A&M Chancellor’s Century Council
Interests
- Horseback riding, sporting clays, fly fishing, astronomy, cooking
Advanced Mediation and Arbitration Trainer Stacy Allen leading the discussion in MAA’s Advanced Arbitration course.