Resume
Education
- B.A. in Economics, The University of Texas at Austin (May 1965)
- J.D., The University of Texas School of Law (May 1969)
Areas of Concentration:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- International Business Transactions
- General Business
- Aviation
Bar Admissions
- Texas Supreme Court
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit
- United States Tax Court
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- United States Court of International Trade
Undergraduate Honors:
- Member | Sigma Tau Sigma National Social Science – Honor Society
- Member | Phi Alpha Theta – History Honor Society
Law School Honors
- Member | Moot Court Board
- Phi Delta Phi (Life Member)
- Teaching Quizmaster
- Recipient | Outstanding Teaching Quizmaster Award
- Honoree | First Annual Page Keeton Law Week
- Recipient | American Jurisprudence Prize for Excellence
- Certificate of Merit | Moot Court Competition
Alternative Dispute Resolution Activities and Honors
- Advisory Board | The Institute for Transnational Arbitration
- Fellow,Tutor, and Course Director | The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- Member of the Executive Committee | North American Branch of the CIArb
- Member | London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Member of the Panel of Neutrals:
- U.S.District Court, Western District of Texas
- Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
- American Arbitration Association – National Roster of Neutrals and ICDR Panel
- International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
- International Centers for Arbitration (ICA)
- WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
- MDR Manager-Resolution Forum, Managed Dispute Resolution Program
Memberships, Honors and Professional Associations
- Member | San Antonio Bar Association [International Law Section, Co-Founder and Chair 1992-1993; ADR Section (Co-Founder)]
- Member | American Bar Association [Council Member,Dispute Resolution Section, 1997-2000, 2001-2004; Latin American and Caribbean Law Initiative Council (Member 2004-2006)]
- Member | State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Council Member 1998-2003, Chair 2001-2002, Chair International ADR Committee 2010-Present); International Law Section (Council Member 1993-1996); Aviation Law Section (Council Member 1991-1992,2015 – Present, Treasurer 1993-1995)]
- Member | College of the State Bar of Texas
- Co-Founder and Co-Chair | Texas-Mexico Bar Associatio/Barra de Abogados de Mexico y Texas 1994-1995, 2004-2005
- U.S.Mexico Bar Association/Barra de Abogados Mexico-Estados Unidos (US Chair, 2005-2008)
- Honorary Member | Federacion de Colegios de Abogados de Nuevo Leon
- Life Fellow | San Antonio Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow | Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow | American Bar Foundation
Academic Appointments and Honors
Other Honors
- AV rated Martindale-Hubbell
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in International Law & International Trade
- Listed in Who's Who in Practicing Attorneys
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law
- Listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest
- Listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry
- Listed in Who's Who in the World
- Listed in Who's Who Registry
- Listed in Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives (1987-1989)
- Listed in Fifteenth Edition of Men of Achievement
- Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas (1995)
- Certificate of Merit, State Bar of Texas (2002)
- Jose Alejandro Treviño y Gutierrez Award of the Colegio De Abogados De Nuevo Leon (1995)
- San Antonio Bar Foundation International Peacemaker Award (1995)
- Collaborator of the Association Mexicana de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial, A.C.
Publications
Speeches
Community Involvement
Langauges
English and Spanish