I’m a trial lawyer who spent years representing defendants and insurers before moving to the plaintiff side. I chaired a litigation practice group and handled high-profile matters and crisis investigations for transportation companies—airlines, railroads, trucking fleets, and common carriers including bus and mass transit operators—as well as industrial and energy clients—manufacturing companies, refineries, and oilfield operators—and national retail and hospitality businesses.

I keep a low volume docket and handle the work: preservation and field work, early investigation, detailed discovery, sophisticated motion practice, and trial presentation. I combine data and technology with an old-school work ethic—and at times an unconventional approach—and I translate complex issues into clear messages for judges and juries. My background includes cases involving catastrophic transportation crashes, refinery and industrial incidents, serious worksite injuries, explosions and fires, and mass casualty events, including mass shootings.

I’m not intimidated by the difficulty of the case, the size of the defendant, or the noise across the table. I prepare cases to be tried—tight facts, strong visuals, and witnesses and exhibits a jury can follow and trust. I press the defense’s pressure points, narrow what the jury has to decide, and try the case when that’s the right move.

I’ve been involved in 20+ trials and arbitrations, nine as lead counsel. My trial presentation is built for modern juries, with clear demonstratives, tight witness examinations, and trial themes backed by focus groups and mock trials. On liability, I work from clear standards and expectations, including industry rules and company policies, and show how the defendant failed to meet them. I use experts to add clarity and credibility on causation and preventability. On damages, I center the plaintiff’s story and make non-economic harms real in plain terms, and I tie that proof to the number we ask for so it makes sense and holds up in deliberations.

Based in Dallas and working with Liles White in an Of Counsel role, I partner with plaintiff lawyers as true co-counsel—fitting the role you want and focusing on disciplined preparation and trial. From investigation through verdict, I focus on what matters: winning.

I live in Dallas with my wife and two daughters. We bought our first house in Oak Cliff’s Kessler Highlands neighborhood but have since moved to Willow Bend in Plano. Most of my free time is spent with family and friends. I like diners, dive bars, food trucks, and getting outdoors. I’m in full girl dad mode—two daughters who have shaped how I see risk, responsibility, and what’s at stake in ways that matter in this work.

I didn’t grow up around lawyers. I’m a fifth-generation New Orleanian. I was born just outside the city in what’s often called “Cancer Alley,” the industrial stretch along the Mississippi River. I grew up in New Orleans and went to high school in the Gentilly neighborhood. Growing up, a lot of after-school time was in my dad’s stores—stocking shelves, bagging, unloading trucks. I then moved to Arkansas to finish high school when my dad—a 30-year Walmart veteran—relocated to the company’s home office in Bentonville. I took to the Ozarks and it quickly became home. And from high school through law school, I worked in a restaurant, which is where I learned how to talk to people from all walks of life.

I care deeply about my clients. Being on the plaintiff’s side, I finally feel like a real lawyer—helping individuals and their families in tough cases and circumstances. After years on the defense side, I switched, started a solo practice in Dallas focused on referral cases, and I work with Liles White alongside my friend and law school classmate, Stuart White.

I’m easy to work with and direct about where a case stands. I communicate clearly and keep both clients and referring lawyers in the loop on strategy, key developments, and next steps. I spent years on the defense side, and that experience still guides how I handle a case—from the first calls and early investigation to the way I develop the evidence and put the demand together. I’m always looking ahead to how the defense will try to frame it and what a jury will actually hear at trial.

If you want to talk about a case, let’s meet wherever it’s easiest. If you come by the office, we can talk it through on a whiteboard in my war room, take a walk on the Katy Trail right outside the building, grab lunch or a drink nearby, or play a round of simulator golf. We’ll figure out the next steps.