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Regional Matters
Strengths
- Acting as neutral arbitrators and mediators in all types of complex business and employment disputes
- Africa
- American Arbitration Association (AAA)
- Asia
- Background in complex financial and accounting matters
- Backgrounds in simple financial and accounting matters
- Bankruptcy & Insolvency-Related Litigation
- Breach of Contract
- Breach of Fiduciary Duties
- Breach of Fiduciary Duties
- Clawback Actions to Recover Misappropriated Assets and Improper Distributions
- Client representation in arbitration proceedings
- Clients are true business partners – we want transparency and complete alignment of risks and objectives
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Conflicts of Interest
- Copyright Infringement
- Counseling clients on the ADR processes available to resolve disputes outside of formal litigation proceedings
- Counseling litigators on ADR process selection and structuring, effective presentation techniques and negotiation tactics
- Cross-Border Disputes
- Directors & Officers Insurance Issues
- Disposition of IP assets of bankrupt or insolvent companies
- Disputes involving Guardianships, Conservatorships and Agents Acting under Powers of Attorney
- Early Neutral Evaluation
- Energy
- Europe
- Executive Compensation Agreements
- Family-Owned and Closely Held Business Disputes
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Fraud
- Fraudulent Transfers
- Freedom-to-operate, and infringement opinions
- Global reputation and track record in litigating some of the highest profile and largest cases in the country involving corporate, financial and accounting fraud
- Gross Negligence
- Guiding clients through the mediation process
- Hands-on Partner driven teams
- Healthcare Management and Service Contracts
- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
- Intellectual property seminars and webinars for clients and trade groups
- Inter Partes Review (IPR)
- International & Cross-Border Disputes
- International Arbitration
- International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Latin America
- Legal & Accounting Forensics
- License agreements
- Licensing Disputes
- Loan Agreements, Guarantees and Other Debt Obligations
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Middle East
- Mining and Natural Resources
- Misappropriation of Assets
- Mismanagement or Misappropriation of Assets
- Money Laundering
- Negligence
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Oil and Gas
- Our clients feel our complete attention at all times and know we are on the ball with 100% effort
- Partnership, LLC and Shareholder Agreements
- Patent and Other IP Licensing Agreements
- Patent Infringement
- Patent Monetization
- Ponzi Schemes
- Post-Grant Review (PGR)
- Pre-Death Asset Transfers
- Pre-Suit Case Evaluations
- Pre-Suit Investigations
- Professional Liability – Including Auditors & Accountants, Lawyers & Law Firms, Valuation Firms and Investment Bankers
- Professional Liability Insurance Issues
- Professional Service Agreements (including Accounting/Auditing, Engineering and High-Level Consulting Contracts)
- Quality of technical expertise and intellectual capacity to quickly and intimately learn new areas
- Sales of Companies or Business Assets
- Sales of Real Property and Fixtures, and Related Brokerage Disputes
- Sales of Stock or Equity, and Merger Agreements
- Self-Dealing
- Shareholder Derivative Litigation
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
- Software License or Service Agreements
- Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
- Strategic Counseling on Risk Management, Dispute Resolution and Litigation Avoidance
- Suits to Remove Executors, Trustees and other Fiduciaries
- Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Trade secret strategies and advice
- Trademark Infringement
- Trust and Estate Accounting Proceedings
- Trust Modification Proceedings
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- We are trial attorneys, consultants, counselors, advisors, investigators, and business strategists
- Will Contests
Our Team
- Sofia Adrogué
- Paul Berry
- Julian W. Cokic
- Allan B. Diamond
- David L. Earnest
- José M. González
- James D. Higgason, Jr.
- Brian Hogue
- Cliff Hutchinson
- Richard I. Janvey
- MaryAnn Joerres
- Christopher D. Johnson
- Drew A. Jones
- Steve Loden
- Melissa Marrero
- James D. “Jim” McCarthy
- David W. Reynolds
- Damion Robinson
- Mark K. Sales
- Mark A. Shank
- Bart Sloan
- Justin Strother
- J. Gregory Taylor
Practices
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, US Domestic Arbitration, and Mediation
- Bankruptcy, Business Insolvency, and Restructuring Representation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation
- Breach of Contract
- Business Divorce – Shareholder & Partnership Disputes
- Directors and Officers Liability Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
- Fiduciary Litigation
- Financial Institution Litigation
- High Stakes Litigation
- Insurance Recovery Litigation
- Probate and Trust Litigation
- Professional Liability Litigation
- Corporate Asset Affirmative Recovery Practice
- Fiduciary and Receiver Representation
- Intellectual Property
- International Dispute Resolution
- Labor and Employment
Offices
About Us
Careers
Sectors
Experiences
- 3D Realms
- Agribiotech
- Aladia Airlines and Systema Corporation Litigation
- American Home Mortgage Company
- Broadhollow and Melville (Delaware Federal Courts)
- Brobeck
- Dallas Police and Fire
- Dewey LeBeuof LLP
- Direct Lending Investments LLC
- Dreier LLP
- Endoscopy Centers of Nevada
- Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc.
- Friede Goldman Halter
- Heller Ehrman
- Heller Ehrman, LLP
- Howrey LLP
- IMG – International Manufacturing Group, Inc. (IMG)
- International Manufacturing Group, Inc. (IMG) (Sacramento and San Jose Federal Courts). Representation of Beverly McFarland, Trustee in the Wannakuwatte matter
- InverWorld
- JA Haikkado Shinren And KN Asset Management
- Livent litigation and bankruptcy (S.D.N.Y.)
- LJM2 Co-Investment, LP
- Mark Newsome Smith
- MCG Capital
- MGTF Radio Company d/b/a Steel City Media (St. Louis Federal Court
- Microfocus
- Millennium Multiple Employer Welfare Benefit Plan
- Nantquest
- Nantworks
- NuStar
- Olaplex
- Parmalat
- Perry Uniontown Ventures I, LLC
- Platinum Partners Arbitrage Fund, L.P
- Precept Business Services, Inc
- Province of Marinduque and Government of the Philippines
- Rabobank Netherlands
- Rooms To Go
- Russia
- Shale Synergy Ponzi Scheme
- Singapore
- Southeast Bancshares
- Superior Energy
- Synapse Group
- Syntax/Brillian Corporation Liquidating Trust
- Transparensee
- Tricontinental Industries
- USACM Liquidating Trust
Pages
Posts
- Full List of Sofia’s Publications and Presentations
- Texas Business Litigation Treatise – 2019 Edition
- Best Lawyers 2023
- Sofia Adrogue – DM Publications and Presentations – Summer 2022
- Texas Lawbook: Departing Employee Litigation Webcast
- Growth Company Financing Crisis: Navigating Hostility Between Entrepreneurs and Their Investors
- The Evolution of Corporate Legal: Rethinking the “Department of NO”
- IHC March 2022 CLE – Corporate Asset Affirmative Recovery Fundamentals for In-House Counsel (Slide Deck)
- Corporate Asset Affirmative Recovery Fundamentals for In-House Counsel
- Delaware Chancery Court Judge, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III, opinion in Engine Gaming and Media Merger Dispute
- Innovative Community Leaders: Celebrating Local Women Attorneys and Their Impact as Changemakers
- Texas Business Litigation Treatise, 2022: 5th Edition – Table of Contents
- Steven D. Susman: Incomparable Innovator & Paradigm of Professionalism
- Rice faculty, alums recognized among city’s most impactful Latinos
- Diamond McCarthy Attorneys Receive Recognition in Best Lawyers 2022
- Diamond McCarthy Best Lawyers Recognition 2022
- Super Lawyers Texas 2021 – Where You Are and Where You’ve Been
- 2021 Global Leader of Influence – Sofia Adrogué
- Houston Chronicle: 10 Latin Leaders Who Are Changing The City
- How Recoveries Programs Enhance Business Relationships
- Debunking The Myths Of Corporate Recoveries Programs
- Interview with David Burt – CAAR Consultant: Debunking The Myths of Corporate Recoveries Programs
- Trustee Alex Moglia Recovers $25 Million In Chicago Bankruptcy Litigation
- Navigating, Innovating & Litigating Through COVID-19, Sofia Adrogué, Chair, Speaker & Moderator, 2021 HNBA/VIA Corporate Counsel Conference
- David Lockton, et. al., V. Thomas Rogers, Hank Ratner, Bryan Jacoboski, James Mass, and Graham Holdings Company
- Reconnecting Harvard Business School OPM 37, Panelist – December
- Navigating, Innovating & Litigating Through COVID-19: December, Sofia Adrogué, Chair, Speaker & Moderator, Houston Bar Association CLE
- Addressing and Advancing America’s Well Being: The Role of the Texas Medical Center and Its Leading Institutions in the COVID-19 Era, Speaker, Harvard Law Alumni Association
- Perspectivas Sobre la Política Energética Americana Post Elecciones Prudenciales en los EEUU – Impacto Global y Local, Speaker, AmCham & IAPG
- Unconventional O & G Developments in Post-Pandemic Argentina, Sofia Adrogué, Speaker & Moderator, CARI (Buenos Aires, Argentina) & IAPG
- Post-Election Political US Energy Playbook— A Conversation, Sofia Adrogué, Speaker & Moderator
- Karen Diep to speak on “Walks, Talks, and Smells Like Fraud: Ponzi Schemes in Bankruptcy”
- Navigating, Innovating & Litigating Through COVID-19, Sofia Adrogué, Chair & Moderator, MABAH CLE
- State of Women, Speaker & Moderator, Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce
- Diamond McCarthy is pleased to announce five attorneys have received “Best Lawyers 2021″ recognitions and one “One’s to Watch 2021”
- The Role of Blocking Regulations in International Arbitration: A Ground for Mandatory Rules?
- Sofia Adrogué Recognized as a 2020 Comcast Hispanic Hero (August 2020)
- Reconnecting Harvard Business School OPM 37, Chair & Panelist (July 2020)
- Navigating, Innovating & Litigating Through COVID-19, Chair & Moderator, Driven National CLE – July
- The Red Flags in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Blockvest, LLC
- Sofia Adrogué Envisioned & Chaired Driven Inc. eDiscovery Speaker Series National CLE (July 2020)
- Diamond McCarthy Senior Counsel Mark A. Shank Elected Fellows Chair of Texas Bar Foundation
- California Continuing Education of the Bar
- Diamond McCarthy’s Response to COVID-19
- An Evening for Houston’s Leaders—Celebrating the Heart of TUTS, Chair & Speaker, Theatre Under the Stars, Houston (March 2020)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Chaired & Moderated Driven Inc. eDiscovery Speaker Series CLE
- The Art of Business Litigation: A Conversation (Business & Ethics) and CLE, Chair & Speaker, Houston (March 2020)
- Bizwomen Mentoring Monday, Houston Business Journal, Speaker & Mentor, Houston (February 2020)
- Sofia Adrogué Serves as Mentor and Speaker at Houston Business Journal Mentor Event (February 2020)
- Catholic Extension, Spirit of Francis Texas Dinner, Master of Ceremonies & Speaker, Houston (February 2020)
- “Withholding Royalty Payments After ConocoPhillips Co. v. Koopmann,” Oil & Gas Disputes Course ch. 11
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Receives “Top Latino Lawyers of 2019” Recognition from Latino Leaders Magazine
- “2019 Yolanda Black Navarro Leadership Legacy Award,” Speaker & Award Recipient, POWER On Heels Inc., Houston (November 2019)
- Rice University Center for Career Development, Speaker & Panelist, Houston (November 2019)
- “Top 50 Women Lawyers,” Award Recipient, National Diversity Council, Houston (November 2019)
- The Art of Business Litigation: A Conversation (Business & Ethics) and CLE, Chair & Speaker, Houston (November 2019)
- An Evening for Houston’s Leaders—Honoring the Legacy of Civil Rights Movements, Chair & Speaker, Holocaust Museum Houston (November 2019)
- “USMCA: An Analysis of the Proposed ISDS Mechanism”
- Sofia Adrogué Co-Chairs & Co-Hosts Successful Holocaust Museum Houston Reception (November 2019)
- Sofia Adrogué Chaired & Moderated ALM/University of Houston Law Center CLE (November 2019)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Honored with POWER On Heels Fund, Inc. Legacy Award
- Sofia Adrogué Receives “Top 50 Women Lawyers” Recognition from National Diversity Council (November 2019)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Christopher D. Sullivan To Speak in Upcoming CLE Webcast
- Diamond McCarthy Receives Eight “Best Law Firms” Recognitions by Best Lawyers 2020 Edition
- “Sanctions vis-à-vis Blocking Measures and the Dilemma Faced by Arbitral Tribunals: Lessons Drawn from EU Blocking Regulation and U.S Extraterritorial Sanctions”
- “The Role of Human Rights Law in Investment Arbitration,” Freshfields-American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Richard Janvey To Moderate Upcoming Webinar
- Diamond McCarthy Welcomes Five Attorneys in Los Angeles Office
- Diamond McCarthy Welcomes José M. González as Houston Associate
- Sofia Adrogué Recognized as a 2019 Texas “Super Lawyer,” Along with Six Additional Diamond McCarthy Attorneys (September 2019)
- Seven Diamond McCarthy Attorneys Recognized as 2019 Texas “Super Lawyers”, with One Additionally Recognized with Two “Top 100” Recognitions
- Diamond McCarthy Dallas Attorneys Place First in the 19th Annual Freedom Run
- Litigating and Judging Business Entity Governance Disputes in California
- Diamond McCarthy Partners Mark K. Sales and Christopher D. Sullivan Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers
- Five Diamond McCarthy Attorneys Selected as “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers
- Diamond McCarthy Receives Complete Victory for Client Olaplex
- Sofia Adrogué Founds and Chairs City of Houston Boards & Commissions Fair (May 2019)
- Chris Sullivan to Speak in Strafford Webinar, “Litigating Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Regarding Closely Held Entities”
- “Financial Advisors’ Toolbox,” Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors 35th Annual Conference, Boston, MA, June 2019
- “Presentation and Use of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration,” International Law Institute Program on Arbitration and Mediation, Washington, D.C., May 2019
- City of Houston Boards & Commissions Fair, Founder & Chair, Houston (May 2019)
- “Withholding Royalty Payments After ConocoPhillips Co. v. Koopmann,” Oil & Gas Disputes Course ch. 11 (State Bar of Texas 2019), Authors Katy Pier Moore and Jordan Stevens
- Sofia Adrogué Recognized as a 2019 Leaders & Legends by Houston CityBook Magazine (April 2019)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Recognized as a 2019 Leaders & Legends by Houston CityBook Magazine
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Chairs Houston 2019 Youth Leadership Forum
- Diamond McCarthy Senior Counsel Mark A. Shank Receives Top Recognition by Chambers and Partners
- Sofia Adrogué Chairs Houston 2019 Youth Leadership Forum (April 2019)
- 2019 Leaders & Legends, Houston CityBook Magazine, Houston (April 2019)
- Youth Leadership Forum, Founder, Chair & Speaker, Houston (April 2019)
- Editor, Texas Business Litigation
- Diamond McCarthy’s Mark A. Shank Interviewed in Of Counsel Magazine
- “Preparing for the Robo-Revolution: Technology and Smart Contracts as Principal Actors in Dispute Resolution,” International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)
- “What Might Houston Become with Gender Equality In the Workplace? Addressing the Status of Women in Law,” Speaker, American Leadership Forum, Houston (March 2019)
- Diamond McCarthy Celebrates 19 Exciting Years & Reflects Upon 2018
- Diamond McCarthy Remembers Darrell E. Jordan – A Man of Service and Dedication
- In Loving Memory of Our Partner and Friend, Darrell E. Jordan
- Diamond McCarthy Mourns the Loss of Partner Darrell E. Jordan
- Remembering Darrell E. Jordan, A Message from Allan B. Diamond
- Sofia Adrogué Receives “Top Latino Lawyers of 2018” and “Most Powerful Women in Law” Recognitions from Latino Leaders Magazine (December 2018)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Honored with City of Houston Proclamation
- Diamond McCarthy Partner Sofia Adrogué Receives “Top Latino Lawyers of 2018” and “Most Powerful Women in Law” Recognitions from Latino Leaders Magazine
- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Fragmentation and Curtailment of Investor State Dispute Settlement
- “Avoiding Parallel Proceedings,” International Law Institute Program on International Investment Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration
- “Expert Financial Testimony in Complex Litigation,” Academy of Exchange & Judicial Studies, Bariloche, Argentina (Delivered in Spanish, Native Language) (November 2018)
- Sofia Adrogué to Speak at 42nd Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference
- Diamond McCarthy Receives Six Tier 1 Recognitions for “Best Law Firms”
- “Practical Considerations in Commercial Litigation and Business Torts,” 42nd Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference, UT Law CLE, Houston (November 2018)
- “Smart Contracts and Blockchain: Where Will Disputes Arise and How Should They Be Resolved,” International Law Association
- The Litigation Trust and Theories of Recovery Regarding D&O / Insurance Policy Claims
- Diamond McCarthy Ranks In BTI Consulting Group’s 2019 “Most Feared in Litigation” List
- Sofia Adrogué to Chair & Moderate University of Houston Law Center CLE Texas Lawyer in Houston
- Diamond McCarthy’s Mark Shank (Dallas) Inducted as a Fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators
- Sofia Adrogué Chairs and Moderates University of Houston Law Center CLE Texas Lawyer in Houston (October 2018)
- “The Art of Business Litigation: A Conversation (Business & Ethics) and CLE,” University of Houston Law Center, Houston (October 2018)
- Diamond McCarthy’s Mark Shank (Dallas) Recognized on Texas and D/FW’s “Top 100 Lawyers List” & “Best Lawyers In America”
- Sofia Adrogué Participates in Houston’s Trade & Investment Mission Delegation Hosted in Argentina (July 2018)
- Sofia Adrogué, Partner at Diamond McCarthy, Participates in Houston’s Trade & Investment Mission Delegation, Hosted in Argentina
- “Human Rights of Prisoners in India”, South Asian Journal of Law & Human Rights, (ISSN: 2518-6159)
- “Is there a need to reform the New York Convention of 10 June 1958”
- Sofia Adrogué, Helps Organize Houston’s Third Annual BARK for BARC Pet Walk, Raising Over $105,000 (April 2018)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, Helps Organize Houston’s Third Annual BARK for BARC Pet Walk, Raising Over $105,000
- NOTICE OF HEARING TO CONSIDER CONFIRMATION OF CHAPTER 11 PLAN
- Sofia Adrogué Receives 2018 Humanitarian Award From Latino Learning Center, Inc. (June 2018)
- Sofia Adrogué Named a “Top Latino Lawyer in the U.S.” by Latino Leaders Magazine (June 2018)
- Delimitating Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Investor State Arbitration: an Enduring Lacuna or a Developing Consensus?, in Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 17 (BRILL Publishing, 2018) 135-144
- Diamond McCarthy Welcomes Mark A. Shank as Senior Counsel in Dallas
- “Emerging Technology and Dispute Resolution: What Does the Future Hold,” Harvard Law School
- The Fate of Frivolous Claims, in Arbitration under International Investment Agreements: A Guide to the Key Issues, Second Edition (Yannaca-Small ed., Oxford University Press, 2018)
- SCOTUS: No Safe Harbor Protection Where Financial Institutions Are Mere Intermediaries
- Diamond McCarthy Welcomes Back Sofia Adrogué as Partner in Houston
- “The State of International Arbitration in U.S. Courts in 2017,” The George Washington Law School
- Women in the Law 2018: Forging Your Path to Success, Planning Committee Member, Texas Bar CLE, Dallas (March 2018)
- “So You Wanna Be an International Arbitrator,” ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
- Texas Business Litigation Treatise (Fourth Edition Announced & Forthcoming) Features Contributions From Diamond McCarthy’s Sofia Adrogué As Creator & Editor As Well As Attorneys Across Texas (February 2018)
- Commercial Litigation & Business Torts Update, Author, Editor & Co-Speaker, 34th Annual Litigation Update Institute, State Bar of Texas (January 2018)
- “The Merchant Cash Advance Industry May Have a Few Bad Apples, but that Does Not Mean It Is Time to Empty the Barrel,” 49 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 501
- “The Evolving Use of International Arbitration and Mediation for Disputes in the Technology Sector,” Stanford Law School
- Matthew K. Blackburn’s Two Part Article Featured On Chief Executive’s On-line Publication
- Texas Lawyer ALM Business Litigation CLE, Chair & Moderator & Speaker, Houston (November 2017)
- Youth Leadership Summit, Rice University, Co-Founder, & Co-Chair & Keynote Speaker (November 2017)
- Diamond McCarthy LLP, Recognized By U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in Eighth Edition of “Best Law Firms” List
- Sofia Adrogué Appointed to Houston First Corporation Board of Directors (August 2017)
- Sofia Adrogué Chairs Houston Youth Leadership Forum with Hon. Sylvester Turner & Astros Pitcher Lance McCullers, Jr. as Speakers (November 2017)
- “How Outside Counsel can be Effective ‘Strategic Partners’ in Dispute Resolution,” CPR Y-ADR
- Chris Sullivan, Panelist, Eastern District Conference, United States District and Bankruptcy Court, The Bankruptcy Law Breakout Session: Judicial Estoppels, October 2017
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Matthew K. Blackburn, Featured in Law360 Article
- “Delimitating Jurisdiction And Admissibility In Investor State Arbitration: An Enduring Lacuna or a Developing Consensus,” American University Washington College of Law conference on The Duties, Rights and Powers of International Arbitrators, Washington, D.C., September 2017
- Panduit Prevents Apportioning the Profit Pie
- Strafford Webinar: Non-Recourse Carve Outs, Bad-Boy Guaranties, and Personal Liability
- “Financial Advisors’ Toolbox,” Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors 33rd Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, June 2017
- The California Bankruptcy Forum’s 2017 Insolvency Conference
- Sofia Adrogué Named 2017 Laureates Award Honoree by Rice University (May 2017)
- “The Merchant Cash Advance Industry May Have a Few Bad Apples, but that Does Not Mean It Is Time to Empty the Barrel,” 49 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 501 (2017)
- “Appellate Law,” Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 80, No. 1, 2017
- ABA Section of Litigation Reporter, Fifth Circuit
- The Trump Administration’s Current Policy on Investor State Dispute Settlement
- The Trump Administration’s Current Policy on Investor State Dispute Settlement, Investment Claims.com (Oxford University Press), April 24, 2017
- Diamond McCarthy Wins Ninth Circuit Victory for Client Heller Ehrman LLP
- Expansion of the Barton Doctrine To Unsecured Creditors’ Committees
- Matthew K. Blackburn Speaks About a Prominent Case Argued Before the U.S. Supreme Court During a Weekly Appellate Report Podcast With the Daily Journal
- Justices Ponder Patent Venue
- “Considerations When Drafting Rule 11 and Settlement Agreements,” The Advocate, State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, Vol. 78, Spring 2017
- “International Law in Texas: An Overview from the Bar Associations” (February 23, 2017 presentation at the State Bar of Texas’ International Law Section 29th Annual International Law Institute)
- Jim McCarthy was a panelist at the State Bar of Texas’ 29th Annual International Law Institute in Houston
- Richard Janvey Presents in “Court to Court” a Limited Scope Pro Bono Representation for Pro Se Litigants
- The Intent of Section 546(e)
- Sofia Adrogué Named a “Top Latino Partner in the U.S.” by Latino Leaders Magazine
- “International Dispute Resolution 2016 – Year in Review of Hot Topics,” NYIAC / CPR Y-ADR Conference, New York City, December 2016
- Defunct Heller Ehrman Opens Fight for Fees Before California High Court
- Attorney-client Privilege and Nonattorney Patent Agents
- “Mock Procedural Hearing under CPR Rules for Administered Arbitration of International Disputes,” Washington, D.C., September 2016
- Seventh Circuit Takes the Road Less Traveled, and Looks to the Substance of Section 546(e)
- Patent Exhaustion Dispute Likely Headed for the Supreme Court: Validity of Post-Sale Restrictions and Ability of Foreign Sales to Exhaust U.S. Rights to Be Considered
- A Common Right to Arbitrate: Anti-Suit Injunctions in New York and England
- A Common Right to Arbitrate: Anti-Suit Injunctions in New York and England, New York Law Journal, July 18, 2016
- Matthew K. Blackburn Joins Diamond McCarthy LLP to Lead Intellectual Property Group
- Experts Poke Holes in Patent Infringement Case Against kCura
- “Arbitration in Texas and New Mexico,” Tex. Ass’n. Def. Couns.
- Bankruptcy Basics: What Every Business Lawyer Needs to Know About the Bankruptcy Process
- “Financial Advisors’ Toolbox,” Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors 32nd Annual Conference, Coronado Island, CA, June 2016
- Law Would Help Keep Jurors Off Google
- “Arbitration in Texas and New Mexico,” Tex. Ass’n. Def. Couns., Summer 2016, Authors Bruce A. Koehler, Monica Perez and Jordan Stevens
- How to sharpen the Sword of Efficiency in International Arbitration, in Czech (& Central European) Yearbook Of Arbitration, Rights And Duties In Arbitration (Bělohlávek & Rozehnalová eds., 2016)
- “Business Torts Update”
- Webinar: Managing Distress in the Energy Sector: Strategies and Alternatives
- Trading up to a New Model: Rolling out Revisions to the ABA Model Asset Purchase Agreement for Bankruptcy Sales
- Rejection of Oil and Gas Contracts Can Only Go So Far
- Valuing Bids in Bankruptcy Auctions
- Why Public Pensions Should Conduct Periodic Internal Check-Ups
- Derivative and Double Derivative Litigation: Shareholder Actions Post-Ritchie v. Rupe
- Litigating Fraudulent Transfer Claims to Final Judgment In and Out of Bankruptcy Court: All Is Well in the Wake of Stern
- Seeking Appointment of a Business Receiver in Divorce: If the Shoe Fits, This May Be Your Best Legal Strategy
- An Arbitration Primer for Litigators: Dispute Resolution Section
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, recognized as one of “The 25 Most Influential Hispanic Lawyers,” in Latino Leaders Magazine (January 2016)
- The Standard Of Review For Natural Resource Damages (Cercla) Settlements With Government Agencies: 2016
- Chris Sullivan – Named one of the Top 100 California Lawyers by the Daily Journal since 2012
- Chris Sullivan – named Northern California Super Lawyer AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell since 2000
- Expert Witness Answer Book was updated and re-published again in 2015-19; West book was published annually through 2015
- Howrey Back in Chapter 7, Diamond Again Trustee
- Spotlight On The Section 546(e) Rift
- Chris Sullivan has been selected by the Judges of the Northern District of California as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit for the Northern District of California
- “Global Brand Management: Risks and Strategies” – Interview with Allan Diamond, Managing Partner of Diamond McCarthy LLP
- Allan Diamond Interviewed on Global Brand Management: Risks and Strategies
- “Emerging Issues: The Cutting Edge of Qui Tam Developments: What’s New for 2015 and Beyond” (August 19, 2015 Webinar Sponsored by The Knowledge Group)
- University of Texas 2015 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships
- “Constitutional Limits on the Authority of the Bankruptcy Courts” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (July, 2015 with MaryAnn Joerres)
- Webinar: “The In Pari Delicto Defense to Bankruptcy Claims Against Directors, Officers and Other Third Parties”
- Chris Sullivan, Panelist, Law Firm Bankruptcies: Unfinished Business and Partnership Clawbacks, Bar Association San Francisco, April 2015
- 2015 Securities Regulation Primer
- Texas Bar CLE: 31st Annual Litigation Update Institute
- Chris Sullivan, Panelist, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, Professional Services – Firm Bankruptcies, November 2014
- AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference
- Representing the Growing Family-Owned Business Part One: Issues at Formation
- “Protecting Against Anticompetitive Conduct Abroad?: The U.S. Experience Under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (“FTAIA”)” (October 21, 2014 presentation to the Dallas Bar Association’s International Law Section) (with Jason Fulton).
- TMA Central Texas Chapter – “How to Earn Your Keep While Keeping What You Earn: Preference Exposure for the Turnaround Professional”
- Forensic Accountants Role in Fiduciary Litigation Involving High Net Worth Clients, Private Company Investments, Trusts and Estates
- Navigating the Current Issues and Trends in Business Divorce Litigation
- Chris Sullivan, Speaker, IWRC Fall Education on Law Firm Insolvencies, October 2014
- The International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWRC)
- 2014 Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honorees
- BDO Seidman Continues To Rule NY Restrictive Covenants
- Diamond McCarthy Settles Claim against Largest Electric Power Holding Company in the U.S.
- “Presentation and Use of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration,” International Law Institute Program on International Commercial Arbitration, Washington, D.C., June 2014
- Receivership and Bankruptcy Issues Involving Ponzi Schemes
- Cross Border Litigation and Arbitration Issues
- Recent Developments in Ponzi Scheme Cases
- The California Bankruptcy Forum’s 2014 Insolvency Conference
- Ex-Howrey Partners’ Clawback Deal Will Pressure Holdouts
- Ex-Howrey Partners To Pay $4.2M To Settle Clawback Claims
- Diamond McCarthy Snags Heller Bankruptcy In 7-Atty Hire
- Expert Witness Answer Book 2014
- Tales From The Trenches: Business Divorces Involving Disputes Among Owners Of Private Companies
- A Court is a Poor Place to Air Dirty Linen
- Fraudulent Transfer: Pre-Litigation Strategies and Analyses
- Recent Developments Affecting Professionals’, Officers’, and Directors’ Liability
- 2014 Texas Rising Stars
- The Balance of Power Between Majority Owners and Minority Investors in Texas Private Companies – Is Someone’s Ox Being Gored
- The Affluenza Influence – Are Majority Shareholders Truly Under Siege in Texas Private Companies?
- The State of Law Firm Dissolutions and Bankruptcies
- NY’s Strong Ristrictions on Restrictive Covenants
- Dreier’s Disclosure Statement Wins Judge’s Approval
- Wall Street Journal Reports on Groundbreaking Decision in Howrey Bankruptcy
- Ponzi-Proofing Means Asking Rough Questions
- Can the SEC Stop Ponzi Schemes Now?
- The Standard of Review for Natural Resource Damages (Cercla) Settlements with Government Agencies
- Why You Should Stay Away From Oral Agreements
- Law360’s Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
- Am I My Brother’s Keeper: Understanding The Rights/Duties Of Majority Owners And Minority Investors In Private Companies
- More Than Five Years On Billions at Stake in Two Madoff Cases
- Dewey Trustee Hits Firm’s Ex-Director, CFO With $37M Suit
- Partners Till Death Do Us Part
- New Book Helps Investors Spot and Avoid Ponzi Schemes
- Unfinished Business: The World of Law Firm Bankruptcies
- Howrey Strikes Settlement With Ropes & Gray
- Covington, Shearman End Howrey Rows for $2M
- Covington, Kirkland, Shearman Settle with Howrey Estate
- Fiduciary Duties in New York May Not Be in the Eyes of the Beholder
- Crafting a Sustainable Mining Policy in the Philippines
- Howrey Trustee Settles Claim Against Paul Hastings
- Sharp Resolves Syntax Trust’s Price-Fixing Claims
- Chris Sullivan, Panelist, Getting Employed and Getting Paid in Bankruptcy Cases, BASF, September 10, 2013
- Trustee Strikes Key Deals in Winding Down Howrey
- Howrey Estate in Major Settlements with Baker, Citibank
- Howrey Trustee Reaches Major Settlement
- Chris Sullivan, Speaker, Dealing with Defendants in Bankruptcy, 2013 Class Action Litigation & Management Conference, August 2013
- Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Fire – The Perils Of Minority Stock Ownership In A Private Texas Company Acquired Through A Divorce Settlement Or Decree
- Bank in Madoff Case Settles with Some Plaintiffs and Gets Favorable Jury Ruling
- “Compelling Trust Beneficiaries to Arbitrate in Texas,” Co-Author (DBA Headnotes, July 2013)
- Claims by Minority Investors/Owners in Private Companies under Texas and Delaware Law: AM I My Brother’s Keeper
- Chris Sullivan, Bridgeport Moderator, An Inside View of the Ninth Circuit, June 15, 2013
- In Faith Communities, Fraudsters Prey on Trust
- The Interplay of Attorney-Client Privilege and “Adverse” Directors in New York
- Expert Witness Answer Book 2013
- COMBAR’s International Business Law Consortium in Vancouver, Canada
- NAFER’s 2nd Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois
- Ex-Dewey Partners Face New Foes
- Fraudulent Transfer Claims Against FDIC in Bank Holding Company Cases, C
- Strategic Considerations in Seeking Recovery from Directors and Officers
- Bankruptcy Booms, Energy Expands for Texas Law Firms
- Ponzi Scheme Expert to Address Meeting of Fraud Examiners
- The Future of ICSID and the Place of Investment Treaties in International Law, Current issues in Investment Treaty Law Volume IV, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (J.Calamita, D. Earnest, M. Burgstaller eds., BIICL, 2013)
- Recent Development Affecting Professionals’, Officers, and Directors’ Liability
- ABI’s 31st Annual Spring Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland
- Trustee Adds Firms to Clawback List
- Howrey Creditor Can’t Target Equity Holders in Class Action
- Howrey Estate Tussles with 50 Law Firms
- Howrey Trustee Sues 7 More Law Firms
- “Confidential” Settlement Agreements in NY? Think Again
- The Ponzi Blog cited in editorial
- Diamond McCarthy Attorneys Argue Against in pari delicto Defense at 9th Circuit
- Howrey Trustee Goes after Ex-Partners for Millions
- Assignment of Rents: Assignment of Rents: Substance Over Form and Meaning of ‘Property of the Estate’
- ABI’s Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel Denver
- Dreier Trustee Demands Ex-IP Head, Partners Cough up Funds
- Howrey Trustee to Former Partners: Cut Deals or I’m Suing You
- Howrey Trustee Makes First Round of Settlement Offers
- New York Limits Fidicuary Obligations in Limited Liability Companies
- Delaware Discusses Fiduciary Obligation in Limited Liability Companies
- ABI’s 24th Annual Winter Leadership Conference in Tucson, AZ
- Retiree reaches settlement in Medicare overbilling case
- “Admissibility in Investment Arbitration: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back,” Centre for International Legal Studies Conference on International Trade in Legal Services, Warsaw, October 2012
- U.S. Resolves False Claims Act Claims against RxAmerica Relating to the Company’s Medicare Part D Plan
- Diamond McCarthy LLP Attorneys Named Super Lawyers – Three of Those for Ten Consecutive Years
- Scope of Indemnification Rights Under LLC Law Limited
- “Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Investment Treaty Arbitration,” Africa International Legal Awareness Training in Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration, London, September 2012
- Howrey Trustee, Akin Gump Standoff Over Question of Attorney-Client Privilege
- Speaker, FDIC’s Expanded Role in Bank Holding Company Insolvencies, Stafford Legal Webinar
- United States Attorney Intervenes & Settles Action Brought by Whistleblower Represented by Diamond McCarthy
- Howrey Estate Searching for Money
- Howrey Officially Begins Process of Clawing Back Money from Former Partners
- After Howrey’s Fall: Winding Down IT and Dealing With Data
- Sadler Clinic files Chapter 11
- The Fracturing of Big Law
- Business Divorce in New York State: The Courts May Call the Shots if You Deadlock
- Diamond McCarthy Partner is Quoted regarding Dewey & LeBoeuf
- In The Trustee’s Backyard: Defending Attorneys against Trustee Claims
- Attorney Who Wrote the Book on Ponzi Schemes Discusses Mets Deal
- One Year and Millions of Dollars Later, Howrey Bankruptcy Plods On
- Judge approves Howrey plan to return client files
- Expert Witness Answer Book 2012
- The Law Firm may have Dissolved, but the Records Remain
- Claims for Oppression by Minority Shareholders in Private Companies Under Texas and Delaware Law: A Plaintiff’s Perspective
- LEED and the Building Profession: No Competition
- Best Practices Mining Code for First Nations, Fair Mining Collaborative, 2012 (reviewed and amended the California law aspects)
- The Madoff Liquidation, Three Years Later
- No Holiday Respite for Lawyers Working on Howrey Bankruptcy
- New York State’s Welfare-Fraud Force is a Farce
- District Courts May Get Firms’ Unfinished Business
- Andrea Levin Kim Quoted Regarding Big Four Auditors Under Legal, EU pressure
- Andrea Levin Kim Quoted in Reuters Regarding Deloitte’s Lawsuit
- The Concept of ‘Indirect Expropriation’, its Appearance in the International System and its Effects in the Regulatory Activity of Governments
- Andrea Kim becomes Certified Fraud Examiner
- “Trust Reformation” (Smart Business Dallas, February 2011)
- “Principles of Investment Treaty Protection and Arbitration,” European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, London, January 2011
- “Codifying the Good Faith & Probable Cause Exception”, Co-Author (DBA Head Notes, January 2011)
- “Arbitrations Involving States or State Entities,” ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, London, May 2010
- Ponzi’s Revenge: Clawback and Financial Fraud Litigation, 2010 ABA Section of Litigation Annual CLE Conference, New York, NY
- Hurdles Trustees Face in Asserting Fraudulent-Transfer Claims Against Brokers in Short-Sales
- “The Attorney-Client Privilege in Will and Trust Contests”, Co-Author (DBA Headnotes, October 2009)
- Cross-Border Litigation Tactics and Strategies, 36th Annual Association of Business Trial Lawyers Seminar
- 36th Annual Association of Business Trial Lawyers Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO
- Cross-Border Litigation Tactics and Strategies, 36th Annual Association of Business Trial Lawyers Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO (October 1-4, 2009)
- Marinduque and Diamond McCarthy Score Big Win
- Daubert: Case Law Update, presented at the AICPA National Forensic Accounting Conference
- Daubert Motions: Keys to Offering & Defending Expert Witness Challenges
- The Next Four Years: Thoughts on the Law and Practice of International Business During Obama I” (May 19, 2009 Panel presentation to the Dallas Bar Association’s International Law Section) (panel moderator).
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, featured in “The Women’s Issue,” Latino Leaders Magazine (April/May 2009)
- Hydraulic Fracturing: An Environmentally Safe Method
- Junk Science Meets Hydraulic Fracturing: Unfounded Environmental Scare Threatens Energy Development, Toxic Tort and Energy & Utilities Alert
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, featured in the Houston Chronicle’s “Women on the Move” article (October 2008)
- Scientific Evidence Review: Admissibility and Use of Expert Evidence in the Courtroom
- Expert Witnesses: Business & Economy Cases
- “The Subprime Meltdown from an Insolvency Litigation Perspective” (September 5-6, 2008 Panel at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Southwestern Bankruptcy Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada).
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, recognized in Houston Woman Magazine as one of Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women (July 2008)
- Zhu X., Boetticher E., Wang L., Duan Y., Learoyd J., Leff A.R.: Pyk2 Regulates Spreading and Migration of Eosinophils after β2 Integrin Adhesion
- “Trust Modification: Helpful Techniques to Fix What is Broken”, Co-Author (Estate Planning Counsel of Central Texas, March 2008)
- In Ratings We Trust? The Role Played By Rating Agencies in the Subprime Debacle
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, featured in La Voz de Houston Magazine (February 2008)
- “Subprime 101: The Subprime Meltdown and its Legal Implications” (February 15, 2008 Speech to the Dallas Bar Association) (with Gary Cruciani)
- “Are You Entitled to a Special Administrative Claim Under the Bankruptcy Code?,” The Journal of Trading Partner Practices
- “Maximizing Recoveries in the Subprime Meltdown: Financial Restructuring Meets Structured Finance,” Harvard Club
- “Maximizing Recoveries in the Subprime Meltdown: Financial Restructuring Meets Structured Finance,” Harvard Club (October 25, 2007)
- “Forum Non Conveniens: The Battle Over the Most Suitable Forum for International Litigation” (October 16, 2007 Speech to the Dallas Bar Association International Law Section) (with David Ammons).
- “Are You Entitled to a Special Administrative Claim Under the Bankruptcy Code?,” The Journal of Trading Partner Practices (October 2007) (with Han J. Ahn)
- “Involuntary Bankruptcy of Securitizations,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor
- “Taking Advantage of New Opportunities for Trust Modification”, Contributor (DBA Headnotes, August 2007)
- “Involuntary Bankruptcy of Securitizations,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor (Autumn 2007) (with J. Andrew Rahl, Jr. and Larry Henin)
- Reliability’ Thresholds on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony Regarding Causation
- “Trust Modification” (State Bar of Texas 31st Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2007)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, featured as the cover story in Houston Woman Magazine (May 2007)
- Judicial Construction and Modification of Trusts: Practical Advice for the Client
- “Judicial Construction and Modification of Trusts: Practical Advice for the Client” (May 2007)
- Forkhead Box F1 is Essential for Migration of Mesenchymal cells and Directly Induces Integrin β2 Expression
- “International Litigation in U.S. Courts: The Basics You Need to Know” (December 20, 2006 Webinar sponsored by the National Constitution Center (with Greg Taylor).
- “When a Corporation Dies: A Dialogue on the Rights and Remedies Available to Victims of a Corporate Collapse”, Trial Magazine (June, 2006) (with Bert Black and Eric Madden).
- Transcellular Secretion of Group V Phospholipase A2 from Epithelium Induces β2-Integrin Mediated Adhesion and Synthesis of Leukotriene C4 in Eosinophils
- “Exculpation Clauses: Can They Defeat Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims by Creditors?,” Bankruptcy and Restructuring Advisor
- “Exculpation Clauses: Can They Defeat Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims by Creditors?,” Bankruptcy and Restructuring Advisor (Spring 2006) (with John Scott)
- “Bankruptcy Retentions and Conflicts,” Harvard Club
- “Bankruptcy Retentions and Conflicts,” Harvard Club, Ethics Seminar Part II (March 1, 2006)
- Diamond McCarthy Partner, Sofia Adrogué, featured in Houston In Town’s “At a Glance” article (December 2005)
- “Rare Fifth Circuit Victory of Evidentiary Points” (November 2005)
- “What Every Chapter 11 Creditor Needs to Know About The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” Business and Financial Institution Seminar Series
- “What Every Chapter 11 Creditor Needs to Know About The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” Business and Financial Institution Seminar Series, New York City (October 6, 2005)
- “Recent Developments in Professional Liability in the Bankruptcy/Insolvency Context” (for State Bar of Texas’ Advanced Business Bankruptcy Seminar in Austin, Texas on May 12-13, 2005).
- “Bankruptcy – Driving Toward Confirmation: A Roadmap to Negotiating Chapter 11 Plans,” Harvard Club, Bankruptcy & Financial Institutions, Series 6 Seminar (May 11, 2005)
- Glucocorticoid-induced Surface Expression of Annexin 1 Blocks β2-integrin Adhesion of Human Eosinophils to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Surrogate Protein.
- Regulation of IL-5 Induced β2-Integrin Adhesion of Human Eosinophils by Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
- “Avianca Confirms Reorganization Plan in New York,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor
- “Avianca Confirms Reorganization Plan in New York,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor, Special Debtor Edition (Spring 2005)
- “H&L Attorney Takes Office as DBA President” (January 2005)
- Eleventh Annual Conference on Distressed Investing
- Eleventh Annual Conference on Distressed Investing, The Plaza Hotel, Situation Report: Owens Corning (November 29, 2004)
- “Deepening Insolvency” (November 18, 2004 Panel for the University of Texas School of Law’s 23rd Annual Bankruptcy Conference in Austin, Texas).
- Mediation in Bankruptcy
- “Litigation Support: Are Disenfranchised Constituencies Using Litigation to Obtain a Post-Confirmation Recovery” (September 20, 2004 Panel for the American Bankruptcy Institute Seminar on “Workouts, Restructurings, and M& Transaction Alternatives: The Dealmaker’s Perspective” in New York City)
- “Attention Kmart Shoppers: We May Be Running Out of Critical Vendor Orders,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor
- “Attention Kmart Shoppers: We May Be Running Out of Critical Vendor Orders,” Bankruptcy & Restructuring Advisor (Summer 2004) (with Ely Kronenberg)
- “Keeping the Horse in the Barn: Critical Stages in Bankruptcy Cases,” Harvard Club
- “Keeping the Horse in the Barn: Critical Stages in Bankruptcy Cases,” Harvard Club, Bankruptcy & Financial Institutions, Series 6 Seminar (September 9, 2004) and (May 27, 2004)
- Additive Blockade of β2-integrin Adhesion of Eosinophils by Salmeterol and Fluticasone Propionate
- β2-integrin Adhesion Caused by Eotaxin but not IL-5 is Blocked by PDE-4 Inhibition and β2-adrenoceptor Activation in Human Eosinophils
- Expert Evidence in the Fifth Circuit, Scientific Evidence Review
- “Deepening Insolvency: Practical Reality and Emerging Legal Theory” (November 5, 2003 Speech to the Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section) (with Eric D. Madden)
- Lien Creation and Lien Perfection: What’s the Difference?
- Daubert Confirms Judge’s Gatekeeper Role, 21 Prod. Safety & Liab Rep. (BNA) 12
- A New Plague – Mold Litigation, Paper commissioned by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform and the Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute, July 2003
- “The United States Liability Environment for Officers, Directors, and the Professionals Assisting Them” (June 28, 2003 Speech to the Center for International Legal Studies Conference on “Corporate Governance in an International Marketplace” in Salzburg, Austria.)
- Blockade of LTC4 Synthesis Caused by Additive Inhibition of gIV-PLA2 Phosphorylation: Effect of Salmeterol and PDE4 Inhibition in Human Eosinophils
- Blockade of Airway Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness by HIV-TAT-dominant Negative Ras
- Blockade of Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Immune-sensitized Mice by Dominant-negative Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-TAT
- Activation of Group IV Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 in Human Eosinophils by Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Through a Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase- Independent Pathway
- Human Group V Phospholipase A2 Induces Group IVA Phospholipase A2-independent Cysteinyl Leukotriene Synthesis in Human Eosinophils
- “Enron, et al.: First and Second Tier Implications for Business Litigators and Other Lawyers” (February 11, 2003 Speech to the Dallas Bar Association Business Litigation Section)
- IL-5-induced Integrin Adhesion of Human Eosinophils Caused by ERK1/2-Mediated Activation of cPLA2
- “Shareholder Litigation in the Shadow of Bankruptcy: the Low Priority Claimants’ Search for Justice” (April 5, 2002 Speech to the Houston Bar Association Seminar on “Lessons from Enron – The Issues We Face When Big Companies Fail”) (paper with Scott DeWolf and Eric Madden)
- Rethinking Terminated Leases: How Bankruptcy Courts Keep Them Alive
- Federal Rule of Evidence 701: The ‘Lay Physician’ and Other Myths
- What Is – and Is Not – Required to Prove Causation in Toxic Tort Cases
- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance: Probable Directions in Texas Law
- Causation Requirements in Toxic Tort Cases
- Overcoming the Constitutional Invalidity of Section 106(a)
- A Surrogate Method for Assessment of β2-integrin-dependent Adhesion of Eosinophils to ICAM-1
- Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for 14-kDa Human Group V Secretory Phospholipase A2 (hVPLA2)
- Daubert in State Courts, 9 Kansas J. of Law & Public Policy 15
- “Mediation as an International Dispute Resolution Tool: Mock Mediation” (Arbitration and ADR Committees of the International Bar Association: at Barcelona, Spain Annual Meeting, September, 1999)
- A Primer on Korean Bankruptcy Law
- “Perils of International Arbitration”, Texas Lawyer (March 7, 1999) at 26 (with Greg Taylor).
- “The Year in Review: Civil Litigation”, Texas Lawyer (December 14, 1998) at 21 (with Doak Bishop).
- “Legal Fees: the Legal, Ethical and Practical Issues” (November, 1998 National Business Institute seminar in Indianapolis, Indiana) (with others)
- “How Should Lawyers Behave in ADR” (Arbitration and ADR and Corporate Counsel Committees of the International Bar Association: at Vancouver, Canada Annual Meeting, October, 1998)
- “Avoiding Global Litigation Glitches: Ten Traps for the Unwary in International Suits”, Texas Lawyer (August 31, 1998) at 19-20.
- “The New Face of International Arbitration”, Texas Lawyer (June 29, 1998) at 30-31 (with Doak Bishop) reprinted in Washington Legal Times (August 3, 1998) at S32.
- “New Rules Changes – Part II,” DBA Headnotes (May, 1998)
- “The New Texas Rules of Evidence: Changes – Part I,” DBA Headnotes (April, 1998)
- “Procedural Pitfalls in Probate and Trust Litigation”, Author (Texas Lawyer, 1998)
- “The 1998 Texas Rules of Evidence: Changes Made and Changes Rejected”, Author (State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program)
- “Law Firm Billing: Getting It Right, and the Criminal, Civil and Ethical Implications of Getting It Wrong” (March 1998 speech to the Dallas Bar Association) (with J. Gregory Taylor)
- Co-Author, Guide to Toxicology in Expert Evidence: A Practitioner’s Guide to Law
- “The 1997 Texas Rules of Evidence: Changes Made and Changes Rejected”, Author (Southern Methodist University Law Institute on Practicing Law Under the New Rules of Trial and Appellate Procedure, 1997)
- A Single Amino Acid Substitution in the Pleckstrin Homology Domain of Phospholipase Cδ1 Enhances the Rate of Substrate Hydrolysis
- Co-Author, “The Use and Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Toxic Tort Proceedings, AmericanConference Institute
- “Key Issues in Tort Litigation Involving Foreign Defendants in the United States”, Author (American Conference Institute on Successful Strategies in Toxic Tort Litigation, 1996)
- Covenants Not To Compete: A Texas Odyssey
- Liability for Third-Party-Provided Litigation Services
- “Investigating, Preparing and Presenting Witnesses”, (Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, 1995)
- “Key Aspects of Texas Tort Reform Relating To Venue and To Deceptive Trade Practices”, Author (Eighth Annual Baylor Litigation Institute, 1995)
- “Toxic Tort Update”, Author (State Bar Eleventh Annual Litigation Update Institute, 1995)
- Lipid-mediated Regulation of G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases 2 and 3
- Co-Author, “Toxic Tort Update”, 11th Annual Litigation Update Institute
- How to Protect Licensees of Intellectual Property
- “Preclusion of Scientific Evidence After Daubert”, 1 Shepard’s Expert and Scientific Quarterly 673 1994
- “Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Redefining the Bases for Admissibility of Expert Scientific Testimony”
- A Refined Test for the Admissibility of Scientific Expert Testimony
- “The Basic Problems of International Litigation in U.S. Courts: Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Perspectives” (July 12, 1994 Speech to the Dallas Bar Association Business Litigation Section) (with R. Doak Bishop).
- Deft Use of Consolidation Doctrine Avoids Taxes
- An Insider’s Waiver Avoids Deprizio Rule
- Cross-Collateralization Provision Invalidated
- “The International Challenge: Handling Products Liability Claims Involving Foreign-Country Defendants in Texas Courts”, Author (9 Tex. Personal Injury L. Rptr. 17, 1991)
- “Government Contract Defense: Sharing the Protective Cloak of Sovereign Immunity After McKay v. Rockwell International Corp.”, Author (37 Bay L. Rev. 181, 1985)