JD, with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2007

BA, with honors, The University of Texas, 2004

• Texas State Bar

• Represented underwriters of D&O, professional indemnity and excess policies in numerous suits brought in state and federal courts relating to the failure a privately-held international group of financial services companies. In one notable case brought in federal court in Houston, underwriters obtained a finding that indicted directors and officers had engaged in acts of money laundering, triggering a never-before-litigated money laundering exclusion.
• Represented underwriters of a D&O policy issued to bank directors in a declaratory judgment action brought in federal court in Atlanta concerning the applicability of an insured versus insured exclusion and interrelated wrongful acts exclusion.
• Represented a CGL insurer in breach of contract, Stowers and bad faith action brought in federal court in Texas.
• Advised and represented domestic CGL insurer in a coverage dispute arising out of construction-defect litigation involving a general contractor and numerous subcontractors.
• Represented domestic CGL insurer in pursuing subrogation claims against subcontractors in connection with a construction defect lawsuit against a general contractor.
• Represented CGL and excess insurers in declaratory judgment action brought in federal court in Texas.
• Represented underwriters of pollution legal liability policies in a coverage dispute involving a variety of claims for coverage, including claims for remediation costs and litigation expenses.
• Represented underwriters of pollution legal liability policy in coverage dispute in state court in Arizona.
• Represented a law firm in a legal malpractice claim brought against an attorney of the firm in federal court in Florida.
• Represented a mortgage company in a lender liability lawsuit tried to a jury in Texas state court.
• Represented underwriters of a Management Liability Policy issued to a healthcare facility in a declaratory judgment and breach of contract action brought in federal court in Pennsylvania.
• Represented underwriters in declaratory judgment action arising out of legal malpractice claims made against an insured law firm’s former partners.
• Represented insurer in Texas state court action alleging insurer’s agent wrongfully induced the insured to purchase unnecessary insurance products.
• Advised and represented domestic CGL insurer in a coverage dispute with a construction materials manufacturer arising out of dozens of claims against the manufacturer for an allegedly faulty product.
• Advised domestic insurers with respect to lawsuits by former employees and/or their families for catastrophic workplace injuries.

• Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, Lawdragon, 2024
• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024
• Best San Antonio Lawyers, SA Scene Magazine, Business Litigation (5-15 years) and Insurance Coverage (5-15 years), 2021
• Rising Star, SA Scene Magazine, 2017
• Leadership San Antonio Class 40, 2015

• “From the Pollution Exclusion to the Pollution Liability Policy,” 2015.
• “Climate Change Poker: What’s in the Cards for the Insurance Industry,” 2016.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas, Board Member
• Rotary Club of San Antonio, 2024 President