Appellate Law
Business Torts
Complex Bankruptcies, Reorganizations, & Work-Outs
Expert Evidence & Witnesses
Insolvency Litigation
Insurance & Tort
Trial & Trial Procedure
General Commercial Litigation
Arbitration
Miscellaneous




Appellate Law

Michael S. Truesdale and Laurie Ratliff, Texas Supreme Court Update, 17 Appellate Advocate (Spring 2004), 16 Appellate Advocate (Spring 2003), 15 Appellate Advocate (Spring 2002).

Michael S. Truesdale and Laurie Ratliff, Texas Supreme Court Update, 16 Appellate Advocate (Spring 2003).

Michael S. Truesdale and Laurie Ratliff, Texas Supreme Court Update, 15 Appellate Advocate 16 (Spring 2002).

Michael S. Truesdale and David Coale, Update: Report of the User-Friendly Court Committee, 14 Appellate Advocate 4 (Winter 2002).

Michael S. Truesdale and David Kent, Summing Up Summary Judgments, South Texas College of Law, 11th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Conference (2002).

Michael S. Truesdale and David Coale, State Court Internal Operating Procedures, State Advanced Civil Appellate Seminar, State Bar of Texas (2001).

Michael S. Truesdale and Sean McCaffity, Appellate Procedure, 32 Texas Tech Law Review 614 (2001).

Michael S. Truesdale and Craig T. Enoch, Issues and Petitions: The Impact on Supreme Court Practice, 31 St. Mary's Law Journal 565 (2000).

Michael S. Truesdale, Update: Report of the User-Friendly Court Committee, Appellate Advocate 14 (Winter 2000).

Michael S. Truesdale and Hon. Deborah Hankinson, Attacking and Defending Evidence Rulings On Appeal from Final Judgment, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (1998).

Michael S. Truesdale and Donald M. Hunt, Post-Trial/Pre-Appeal Motions, Southern Methodist University School of Law Advanced Civil Trial and Appellate Advocacy Seminar, Dallas, Texas (1996).

Michael S. Truesdale and Donald M. Hunt, Post-Verdict Practice and Prospective Changes, State Bar of Texas (1998).

Michael S. Truesdale, Preserving Error in the Jury Charge, Civil Appellate Seminar, Austin, Texas (1999).

Michael S. Truesdale, Update: Report of the User-Friendly Court Committee, 9 Appellate Advocate 14 (1999).

Michael S. Truesdale, Writing Appellate Briefs for the Texas Appellate Courts, Travis County Bar Association, Primer for Handling Civil Appeals in State Court (1996).


Business Torts

Michael S. Truesdale and Sofia Adrogue, Commercial Litigation Update, The University of Texas School of Law 12th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals, Austin, Texas (June 2002).


Complex Bankruptcies, Reorganizations & Work-Outs

Kyung S. Lee & Jason M. Rudd, The Implications of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 on the Ordinary Course of Business Defense in Preference Recovery Actions, Trial Evidence Journal (Summer/Fall 2005) Download PDF

Christopher Johnson, Stalking horse bid protection: is it getting harder to have your cake and eat it, too?, financierworldwide.com (June, 2005) Download PDF


Expert Evidence & Witnesses

Allan B. Diamond, How To Win At Trial With a Financial Expert, State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas (November, 2000).

Allan B. Diamond, Daubert & Its Progeny - The Financial Expert, General Counsel Forum, Houston, Texas (April, 1999).

Allan B. Diamond, Daubert & Its Progeny - The Financial Expert, J.C. Penny Counsel Forum, Dallas, Texas (April, 1998).

Allan B. Diamond, How To Exclude A Financial Expert, State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas (November, 1999).


Insolvency Litigation

Eric D. Madden, Developing and Pleading Effective Causes of Action in Bankruptcy Cases, presented at Bankruptcy Litigation: Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop (January 2005), sponsored by the State Bar of Texas and the University of Texas School of Law.

Jim McCarthy and Eric D. Madden, Deepening Insolvency: Practical Reality and Emerging Legal Theory, presented to the Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section (November 2003).

Jim McCarthy, Scott M. DeWolf, and Eric D. Madden, Shareholder Litigation in the Shadow of Bankruptcy: The Low Priority Claimants' Search for Justice, presented at the Houston Bar Association Seminar entitled "Lessons from Enron - The Issues We Face When Big Companies Fail" (April 2002).

Jim McCarthy and Kyung Lee, Deepening Insolvency, 23rd Annual Bankruptcy Conference, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (November 2004)

Jim McCarthy, Litigation Support: Are Disenfranchised Constituencies Using Litigation to Obtain a Post-Confirmation Recovery, American Bankruptcy Institute Seminar on Workouts, Restructurings, and M&A Transaction Alternatives: The Dealmaker's Perspective, New York City, New York, (September 2004)

Insurance & Tort

Andrea Levin, Contribution & Indemnity, Univ. of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas (June 22, 2001).

Andrea Levin, The Texas Insurance Law Symposium, South Texas College of Law (November 9-10, 2000).

Andrea Levin, The Ultimate Insurance Seminar, State Bar of Texas (March 29, 2001).

Allan B. Diamond, Litigating the Fidelity Bond Policy, American Insurance Risk Assessment Group, San Diego, California (April, 1998).

Michael S. Truesdale and H. Robert Powell, Nationwide Legal Update: Developing and Emerging Trends in Bad Faith Claims: Texas, American Conference Institute, Fifth Annual Conference, Bad Faith and Punitive Damages, San Francisco, CA (1999).


Trial & Trial Procedure

Allan B. Diamond, How to Challenge the Expert: Cross-Examination, South Texas College of Law, How To Present Financial Information At Trial, CLE Seminar, Houston, Texas (November 19, 1999).

Allan B. Diamond, Private Jury Trials, Dallas Bar Association with The Honorable Judge James DeAnda, U.S. District Judge (ret.), Dallas, Texas (August, 1998).

Allan B. Diamond, The Private Jury Trial, An Intriguing Alternative, Fort Worth Bar Association, Fort Worth, Texas (October, 1998).

Allan B. Diamond, Private Jury Trials: an Alluring Alternative for the Litigation Manager, Law Governance Review (Summer 1998).


General Commercial Litigation

Steven Wolens and Gary Cruciani, Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax Litigation Against Online Travel Companies, Municipal Lawyer, (July/August 2007). (read article)

Eric Madden, The Voluntary Cleanup and Property Redevelopment Act: The Limits of the Kansas Brownfields Law, 46 U. Kan. L. Rev. 593 (1998).

Jim McCarthy and Doak Bishop, The Year in Review: Civil Litigation, Texas Lawyer, 21 (December 14, 1998).


International Litigation & Arbitration

Josh Bruckerhoff, Giving Nature Constitutional Protection: A Less Anthropocentric Interpretation of Environmental Rights, 86 Texas L. Rev. 615 (2008). (read article)

Jim McCarthy and David Ammons, Forum Non Conveniens: The Battle Over The Most Suitable Forum For International Litigation, presented to the Dallas Bar Association, International Law Section (October 2007).

Jim McCarthy and Greg Taylor, Perils of International Arbitration, Texas Lawyer, 26 (March 7, 1999).

Jim McCarthy, Avoiding Global Litigation Glitches: Ten Traps for the Unwary in International Suits, Texas Lawyer, 19-20 (August 31, 1998).

Jim McCarthy and Doak Bishop, The New Face of International Arbitration, Texas Lawyer, 30-31 (June 29, 1998).


Miscellaneous

Jim McCarthy and Paul L. Murphy, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, The Dictionary of American Biography: Supplement Five, 1951 1955 (New York: 1977).

Jim McCarthy and Paul L. Murphy, Silas Strawn, The Dictionary of American Biography: Supplement Four, 1946 1950 (New York: 1974).

Jim McCarthy and Paul L. Murphy, Review of Leonard Levy's Against the Law, 75 Journal of American History 762 (December, 1975).