- Artificial Intelligence
- Auto Finance
- Business Litigation
- Class Action
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Financial Services
- Enforcement Actions + Investigations
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Finance + Banking
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Health Care Litigation
- Litigation + Trial
- Mortgage Lending + Servicing
- Member, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee)
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, Mac Taylor Inn of Court
- Chairman of Board of Trustees, The Catholic Foundation of Dallas
- Director, Bishop Lynch High School
- Member, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Finance Council
Education
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., senior editor, The International Lawyer, 1992
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., with honors, 1988
Bar Admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Clerkships
- Hon. John McBryde, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1992-1993
- Podcast, “Troutman Pepper Locke – The Powerhouse Merger,” The Consumer Finance Podcast, January 9, 2025.
- Author, “Texas Supreme Court Affirms a Lender’s Equitable Subrogation Rights Following Expiration of the Statute of Limitations on the Lender’s Lien,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, January 29, 2021.
- Author, “Loss-Mitigation Communications to Mortgage Borrowers During COVID-19 Pandemic,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 20, 2020.