law teaching experience - south texas college …... march 1987 associate professor of law ... texas...

PROFESSOR ELAINE A. CARLSON

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE U.S. Supreme Court

State of Texas - All Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

LAW TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January 1988 - Present Professor of Law

South Texas College of Law Houston

1303 San Jacinto

Houston, Texas 77002

June 1987 - December 1987 Visiting Professor of Law

University of Texas at Austin

School of Law

727 East 26th Street

Austin, Texas 78705

March 1987 - June 1987 Professor of Law

South Texas College of Law

1303 San Jacinto


March 1985 - March 1987 Associate Professor of Law


1303 San Jacinto


March 1982 - March 1985 Assistant Professor of Law


1303 San Jacinto


May 1980 - August 1982 Adjunct Faculty Member


1303 San Jacinto


Curriculum Vitae of Professor Elaine A. Carlson

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HONORS, SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING AWARDS

Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure,

Evidence and Professionalism, continuous terms, 1986-Present Elected Member, American Law Institute, 2003-present Stanley J. Krist Distinguished Professor of Texas Law (2004-present) Distinguished Alumni of the Year, South Texas College of Law, 2008 Recipient, Texas Lawyer Extraordinary Women In Texas Law Award, 2008

Recipient, Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Law Review Award, 1995

Recipient, South Texas College of Law Outstanding Professor Award, 1992 & 1986

(Nominee 1985, 1986, 1993 & 1995)

Recipient, Vinson & Elkins Faculty Excellence Award, 1989

(Nominee 1987, 1988 & 1995)

COURSES TAUGHT

Texas Civil Procedure - Pretrial, Trial and Appellate

Federal Courts

Developments & Trends in Procedure and Dispute Resolution

Commercial Law I - Payment Systems

Commercial Law II - Sales and Secured Transaction

Advanced Commercial Transaction Seminar

Agency and Partnership

Professional Responsibility

SCHOLARSHIP

Law Reviews, Journals, Legal Treatises, and Texts

McDonald & Carlson, Texas Civil Practice, Supplement Volumes 1-6, West Publishing Co.

(2015).


(2014).


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McDonald & Carlson, "Texas Civil Practice," Volume 6 (West Publishing Co., 2nd ed. rev.

2014)


(2013).


(2012).


(2011).


(2010).


(2009).


(2008).


(2007).


(2006).


(2005).


(2004).

McDonald & Carlson, "Texas Civil Practice," Volume 1 (West Publishing Co., 2nd ed. 2003)





Dorsaneo, Crump, Carlson & Thornburg, "Texas Civil Procedure: Trial and Appellate Practice"

(Lexis-Nexis Publishers, 2015-2016 edition).


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Dorsaneo, Crump, Carlson & Thornburg, "Texas Civil Procedure: Pretrial Litigation (Lexis-

Nexis Publishers, 2015-2016 edition).





















Carlson, "Tort Reform: Redefining the Role of the Court and the Jury," 47 So. Tex. L. Rev. 245, Symposium on Judge and Jury (Fall 2005). Carlson, "Reshuffling the Deck: Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4," 46 So. Tex. L. Rev. 1035 (Summer 2005). Carlson, "The New Texas Offer of Settlement Practice-The Newest Steps in the Tort Reform Dance, " 46 So. Texas L. Rev. 733 (Summer 2005).

Carlson, “Offers of Settlement,” 24 The Advocate 6 (Fall 2003 issue dedicated to "The Civil

Action Reforms of the 78th Legislative Session") published by the Litigation Section of the State

Bar of Texas.


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Carlson, “Offers of Settlement” Winter 2003 issue The Consumer Advocate, published by the

Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Crump, Dorsaneo, Carlson & Thornburg, "Texas Civil Procedure, Trial and Appellate Practice"

(Lexis Publishing Co., 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Supp.).

Crump, Dorsaneo, Carlson, & Thornburg "Texas Civil Procedure, Pretrial Litigation" (Lexis

Publishing Co., 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Supp.).

Dorsaneo, Crump, Carlson & Thornburg, "Texas Civil Procedure: Pretrial Litigation (Lexis

Publishing Co., 4th

Ed. 2001) (annual supplements 2002-2008).


(Lexis Publishing Co. 4th

Ed. 2001) (annual supplements 2002-2008).

Dorsaneo, Crump & Carlson, "Texas Civil Procedure: Trial and Appellate Practice" (Matthew

Bender & Co., 3rd

Ed. 1997) (annual supplements).

Carlson, "Supersedeas Practice Under the Amended Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure," State

Bar of Texas Appellate Practice Guide, Chapter Contribution (1997).

Carlson, "Finality of Judgments and Interlocutory Appeals," State Bar of Texas Manual for

Appellate Briefing Attorneys, Chapter Contribution (1997).

Contributing Editor: "Deposition Skills," The Rutter Group (1995).

Carlson, "Batson, J.E.B. and Beyond: The Paradoxical Quest for Reasoned Peremptory

Challenges," 46 BAYLOR L. REV. 947 (1994).

Carlson, Chapters 30 & 31, "Texas Civil Practice," vol. V (Bancroft Whitney Publishing, 1992

rev. ed.).

Crump, Dorsaneo & Carlson, "Texas Civil Procedure, Trial and Appellate Practice" (Matthew

Bender & Co., 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,, 1998, 1999 & 2000 Supp.).

Crump, Dorsaneo & Carlson, "Texas Civil Procedure, Pretrial Practice " (Matthew Bender &

Co., 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000 Supp.).

Carlson & Crump, "Fifth Circuit Evidence Jurisprudence Symposium Update," 25 TEX. TECH L.

REV. 677 (1994).

Carlson, "Rule 166 Pretrial Conferences, Masters and Private Agreements: Revitalizing Old

Tools to Meet Today's Needs," Texas Litigation Reader (University of Texas 1992), 33 S. TEX.

LAW REV. 307 (1992).


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Carlson, "Mandatory Supersedeas Bond Requirements - A Denial of Due Process Rights?," 39

BAYLOR L. REV. 29 (1987).

Carlson & Garcia, "The New Discretionary Review Powers of the Texas Supreme Court," 50

TEX. BAR J. 1201 (1987).

Carlson, "General Jurisdiction and The Exercise of In Personam Jurisdiction Under the Texas

Long-Arm Statute," Texas Litigation Reader (University of Texas 1992); 28 S. TEX. LAW REV.

401 (1986).

Carlson and Davis, "Texas and Federal Local Rules - Their Promulgation, Administration,

Future, and Demise," 17 ST. MARY'S L.J. 775 (1986).

Carlson, "The Constitutionality of the Amended Attachment Rules in Light of Recent U.S.

Supreme Court Decisions," vol. 19:1, S. TEX. J. (1978).

Papers Presented to Legislative Commissions,

Appellate Courts, and the Texas Judiciary

Carlson, Procedure Update, Harris County Bench Bar Conference on Appellate Law, Del Lago,

2000

Carlson, "Legislative Update," presented to the Houston Bar Association Appellate Bench Bar

Conference, Del Lago, 1997.

Carlson, "Practicing Under the Proposed Amended Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,"

presented to the Houston Bar Association Appellate Bench Bar Conference, Del Lago, 1995.

Carlson, "Relevancy," presented to the Texas Regional Judicial Conference, Huntsville,

Arlington, Corpus Christi, Tyler & Lubbock, 1994.

Carlson, "Preserving Evidentiary Objections" presented at the Texas Judicial Conference, Austin,

1993.

Carlson, "Security for Judgments - Is Texas Practice Constitutional?," presented to the Joint

Committee on Security for Judgments, Texas Legislature, 1987.

Carlson, "An Analysis of Proposed Federal Courts Study Commission Report," presented to Sub-

Committee of Federal Courts Study Commission, Dallas, 1990.


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Carlson, "Appellate Practice in the Nineties," Appellate Practice Seminar presented to the

Justices and Staff of the First Court of Appeals, Houston, 1990.

Carlson, "Recent Developments in Texas Appellate Practice and Procedure," Appellate Practice

Seminar, presented to the Justices and Staff of the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeal, State

of Texas, Columbia Lakes, July 1989.

Carlson, "The Rule Making Authority of Courts," Advanced Appellate Practice Seminar,

presented to Justices and Staff of First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeal, Houston, 1987.

Conference and Continuing Legal Education Papers

Elaine A. Carlson & Courtney T. Carlson, “Procedure Update for Litigators, ” University of

Texas 40th

Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference (Austin, October 2016)

Elaine A. Carlson & Courtney T. Carlson, "Texas Procedure Update: Analysis of Recent Caselaw and Trends Affecting Appellate Practice," University of Texas 26

th Annual Conference

on State and Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2016)

Elaine A. Carlson, “What’s New in Supersedeas Practice?” State Bar of Texas, Handling Your

First Appeal (Austin, April 2016)

Elaine A. Carlson & Courtney T. Carlson, “Procedure Update for Litigators,” University of

Texas 39th


Elaine A. Carlson & Courtney T. Carlson, "Texas Procedure Update: Analysis of Recent Caselaw and Trends Affecting Appellate Practice," University of Texas 25

th Annual Conference

on State and Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2015) Elaine A. Carlson & Courtney T. Carlson, “Texas Procedure Update for Litigators,” State Bar of

Texas, Advanced Civil Trial Course (San Antonio, Dallas and Houston, July-October 2015)

Carlson, "Texas Procedure Update: “Analysis of Recent Adoption of Rules of Procedure and

Trends Affecting Appellate Practice," University of Texas 23rd

Annual Conference on State and

Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2013)

Carlson, “Procedure Update for Litigators” State Bar of Texas Litigation Institute (Austin,

January 2013)

Carlson, "Enforcing and Superseding Texas Judgments: An Analysis of Recent Decisions

Affecting Appellate Practice," University of Texas 21st Annual Conference on State and Federal

Appeals (Austin, June 2012)

Carlson, “Procedure Update: Recent Decisions and New Rules of Procedure” University of


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Texas 36th


Carlson, “Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Cases-Identifying Traps and Trends

Affecting Trial Practice,” State Bar of Texas 27th

Annual Litigation Update Conference (San

Antonio, January 2011)


Affecting Texas Litigation Practice,” University of Texas 34th

Annual Page Keeton Civil

Litigation Conference (Austin, October 2010)

Carlson, Elaine & Carlson, Courtney, "Summary Judgment Practice in Texas," State Bar of

Texas 26th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course (Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston,

July-September 2010).

Carlson, "Texas Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Trends Affecting Appellate Practice,"

University of Texas 20th

Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2010)


Affecting Trial Practice,” State Bar of Texas 26th

Annual Litigation Update Conference (Austin,

January 2010)

Carlson, “The Texas Offer of Settlement Practice Know When To Hold Them and When to Fold

Them,” University of Texas 14th

Annual Insurance Law Institute (San Antonio, October 2009)

Carlson, "Enforcing & Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal," State Bar of Texas 23rd

Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (Austin, September 2009).

Carlson," Procedure Update," State Bar of Texas 25th

Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law

Conference (Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio 2009).

Carlson, “Appellate Procedure Update, Identifying Traps and Trends in Post-Judgment and

Appellate Practice,” University of Texas 19th

Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals

Conference (Austin, June 2009).

Carlson, “No Evidence Summary Judgments,” University of Texas 32nd

Annual Page Keeton

Civil Litigation Conference (Austin, October 2008).

Carlson, “Procedure Update,” University of Texas 2008 State and Federal Appeals Conference

(Austin, May 2008).

Carlson," Procedure Update," South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Trial Law

Conference (Houston, February 2007).

Carlson, “State and Federal Supersedeas Update,” University of Texas 2007 State and Federal


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Appeals Conference (Austin, June 2007).

Carlson," Procedure Update," State Bar of Texas Litigation Seminar (South Padre, May 2007).

Carlson, "Post Judgment Collections and Supersedeas Bonds: Nuts and Bolts," South Texas

College of Law Advanced Civil Trial Law Course (Houston, February 2007).

Carlson, “Appellate Law Procedure Update,” Houston Bar Association Appellate Law Section

(Houston, January 2007).

Carlson, “Procedure Update,” Dallas Bar Association Bench Bar Conference (Horseshoe Bay,

September 2006).

Carlson," Procedure Update," University of Texas 15th Annual Conference on State and Federal

Appeals (Austin, June 2005).

Carlson, "Advanced Supersedeas," State Bar of Texas 19th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate

Practice Course (Austin, September 2005).

Carlson," Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules," University of Texas 14th Annual

Conference on State and Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2004).

Carlson, "Offer of Settlement and Damages After HB 4," State Bar of Texas, Annual Meeting,

The Ultimate Trial Notebook (San Antonio, June 2004). Carlson, "Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4," State Bar

of Texas 18th Annual Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (Austin, September 2004). Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,”(Drafted and updated as Rules of Procedure were debated and finally adopted) State Bar of Texas, Annual Meeting, Texas Tort Reform 2003: Legislative Changes (Houston, June 2003). Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules, University of Texas CLE, Law Practice After HB 4: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know (Austin, Houston, and Dallas, August-September 2003). Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,” University of Texas CLE, Products Liability Conference (Austin, October 2003). Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,” (Drafted and updated as Rules of Procedure were debated and finally adopted) State Bar of Texas CLE, Impact of House Bill 4 Seminar (Dallas, January 2004).

Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,” State Bar of Texas CLE, Advanced Expert Witness Seminar (Dallas, February 2004).

Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,” Greater Houston Society for


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Healthcare Risk Management Seminar (Houston, February 2004).

Carlson, “Reshuffling the Deck: Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4,” Appellate Law Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association (Beaumont, February 2004). Carlson, “Offers of Settlement Practice Under the New Rules,” State Bar of Texas CLE, 11th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course (San Antonio, March 2004).

Brent Cooper, Elaine A. Carlson, Mikal Watts, Personal Injury Law, “Tort Reform and HB 4”, State Bar of Texas CLE, Legislative Update Institute 2003 (Telecast throughout the State of Texas (September 2003).

Carlson, “Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4,” University of Texas CLE, 13th Annual Conference on State and Federal Appeals (Austin, June 2003). Carlson, “Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4,” State Bar of Texas CLE, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course (Austin, September 2003). Carlson, “Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After House Bill 4,” State Bar of Texas CLE, Appellate Boot Camp (Austin, September 2003). Carlson, “Reshuffling the Deck: Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments on Appeal After

House Bill 4,” Civil Appellate Seminar, Corpus Christi Bar Association (Corpus Christi,

December 2003)

Carlson, "Civil Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Cases-Identifying Trends and Traps, "

State Bar of Texas, 24th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course (Dallas, Houston and San Antonio

2001).

Carlson, "Superseding and Enforcing the Judgment on Appeal,” State Bar of Texas Advanced

Civil Appellate Practice Course (Dallas, 2000).

Carlson, "Enforcing the Judgment on Appeal," State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Appellate

Practice Course, (Houston, 1998).

Carlson, "Post Judgment Motions and Supersedeas Practice," State Bar of Texas Appellate

Practice Course, (Dallas & Austin, 1998).

Carlson, “Perfecting The Appeal to the Courts of Appeals in Jury and Nonjury Cases," Southern

Methodist University School of Law and Matthew Bender Co., Practicing Law Under the New

Rules of Trial and Appellate Procedure Seminar, (San Antonio, 1997).

Carlson, “Judgment Enforcement and Suspension Under the New Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure," State Bar of Texas Advanced Appellate Practice Seminar, (Houston & Dallas,

1997).


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Cornyn & Carlson, “Summary Judgment Practice in Texas," Rutter Group Summary Judgment

Practice Seminar, (Houston, Dallas, Austin & San Antonio, 1997).

Carlson, "Developments in the Law of Jury Selection," Southern Methodist University School of

Law, Advanced Civil Trial & Appellate Advocacy Seminar, (Dallas & Corpus Christi, 1996).

Carlson, "Ramifications of Broad Form Jury Charge Submission," South Texas College of Law,

Advanced Civil Trial Law Course, (Houston, 1996).

Carlson, "Proposed Amendments to Appellate Rules of Procedure," Houston Bar Association 1st

Annual Bench Bar Conference, Houston, 1995.

Carlson, "Streamlining Evidence with Procedural Techniques," State Bar of Texas, 11th Annual

Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Houston, San Antonio & Fort Worth, 1995.

Carlson, "Developments in Appellate Practice," Southern Methodist University School of Law,

Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, 1995.

Carlson, "Problems in Preserving Charge Error and Proposals for Change," Houston Bar

Association Appellate Section, Houston,1995.

Carlson, "Stays and Enforcement of Judgments," State Bar of Texas 8th Annual Advanced

Appellate Practice Seminar, Houston, 1994.

Carlson, "Jury Selection in Civil Cases," Southern Methodist University School of Law,

Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, 1994.

Carlson, "The Texas Jury Charge: An Analysis of Proposed Amendments," Houston Bar

Association, Appellate Section Meeting, Houston, September 1994.

Carlson, "Preserving the Right to Complain and Prosecuting the Appeal in Non-Jury Cases,"

Southern Methodist University School of Law Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, May 1993

& May 1992.

Carlson, "Challenging the Legal Assumptions of Experts," State Bar of Texas, Fourth Annual

Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, San Antonio, November 1991.

Carlson, "Scheduling Orders, Special Masters and Pre-Trial Conferences," State Bar of Texas,

Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, Padre Island, October 1990 & Dallas, May 1991.

Carlson, "Offers of Proof and Bills of Exception," Southern Methodist University School of Law

Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, April, 1991 & Houston, May 1991.


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Carlson, "How to Protect Privileged Documents," South Texas College of Law, Motion

Advocacy Tactics and Techniques Seminar, Houston, May 1991.

Carlson, "Strategic Utilization of Motions in Limine," South Texas College of Law, Discovery

and Civil Trial Institute, Houston, February, 1991.

Carlson, "Ramifications of 1988 Modification to the Texas Rules of Civil Evidence," presented

through CLE (video) program of State Bar of Texas, Houston and 90 other locations, 1988.

Carlson, "Civil Procedure in the Nineties Under the New Rules," South Texas College of Law

Advanced Strategies in Obtaining and Using Evidence Course, Houston & Dallas, July, 1990.

Carlson, "Civil Appellate Rule Making Practice and Procedure," vol. 1, no. IV Appellate

Advocate 14, October, 1988.

Carlson, "Motions in Limine, Objections, Offers of Proof and Bills of Exception," Southern

Methodist University School of Law Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, April 1990 & San

Antonio, May, 1990.

Carlson, "Immediate Pre-Trial Motions," Southern Methodist University School of Law-

Winning at Trial Seminar, Dallas, October 20, 1989.

Carlson, "Post Trial Considerations-Superseding and Collecting Judgments," State Bar of Texas

Advanced Civil Trial Course, San Antonio, Dallas & Houston, 1989.

Carlson, "Procedure Update and Annual Review," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication

of State Bar of Texas, March, June, October & December, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,

1997 & 1998 (to present).

Carlson, "Procedure Update: 1990 Amendments to Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Appellate

Practice," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, October 1990.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Judicial Decisions Affecting Trial

Practice," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, November 1990.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Judicial Decisions Affecting Litigation

Practice," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, December 1990.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Judicial Decisions Affecting Appellate

Practice," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, February 1990.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Legislative Action," The Advocate,

Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, December 1989.


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Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Judicial Decisions," The Advocate,

Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, October 1989.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: Judicial Clarification of Texas Trial Practice," The Advocate,

Litigation Section Publication of the State Bar of Texas, 1988.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: The Evolving Standard of Appellate Review of Jury Findings and

Their Failure to Find," The Advocate, Litigation Section Publication of the State Bar of Texas,

December 1988.

Carlson, "Procedure Update: An Analysis of Recent Judicial Decisions," The Advocate,

Litigation Section Publication of State Bar of Texas, May 1988.

Carlson, "Enforcing and Superseding Civil Judgments in Texas" South Texas College of Law

Civil Practice Institute, Houston, July 1988.

Carlson, "Current Procedural Issues Affecting Texas Civil Practice," presented to the Texas

Association of Defense Counsel, Fort Worth, 1987.

Carlson, "Procedural Changes Mandated by the 1988 Rule Changes," The Advocate, Litigation

Section Publication of the State Bar of Texas, 1987.

Carlson, "Procedural Nuances Concerning Family Law Practice," presented to the Travis County

Bar Association, Austin, 1987.

SERVICE TO THE LAW SCHOOL

Committee Positions

Chair, Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment Committee 2016-2017

Chair, Access to Justice and Public Service Committee 2016-2017

Member, Curriculum Committee 2016-2017


Member, Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment Committee 2015-2016







Member, Faculty Scholarship Committee 2013-2014

Volunteer Member, Cetificate Program Ad Hoc Committee 2014


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Member, Access to Justice and Public Service Committee 2012-2013


Member, Student Appeals and Discipline Committee 2012-2013

Member, Financial Aid Committee 2011-2012

Member, Student Appeals and Disciplinary Committee 2011-2012

Member, Admissions Committee 2010-2011

Member, Financial Aid Committee 2010-2011

Member, Student Awards Committee 2010-2011Member, STCL Alumni Committee to Select

Alumni of the Year (2009-Present)

Member, Financial Aid Committee, 2009-2010

Co-Chair with Board of Director Mike Hays, Dean Search Committee, 2008-2009

Chair, PT&R Committee, 2007-2008

Member, Career Development Committee 2007-2008

Co-Chair with Professor East, Faculty Contributions to Annual Fund, 2006-2009

Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, 2006-2007

Member, Career Development Committee 2006-2007

Chair, Admissions Committee, 2005-2006

Member, OOPSY Committee, 2005-2006

Member, Fred Parks Scholarship Committee, 2005-2006


Member, OOPSY Committee, 2004-2005

Member, Faculty Appointment committee, 2003-2004

Member, Student Appeals Committee, 2003-04.

Chair, Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee, 2001-02.

Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2001-02.

Member, Self-Study Focus Group, 2002

Chair, Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee, 2000-01.

Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2000-01.

Member, Faculty Interchange Steering Committee, 1999-2000

Chair, Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee, 1999-2000

Chair, Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee, 1998-1999

Member, Advisory Committee to the Dean, 1998-1999

Member, Faculty Interchange Steering Committee, 1998-1999

Member, Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee, 1997-1998

Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, 1993-1996


Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996

Member, Curriculum Committee, 1992-1994

Member, Faculty Appointments Committee, 1992-1996

Member, Special Committee on Tenure Regulations, 1990-1991

Member, Diversity Committee 1990-1991

Chair, Scheduling Committee, 1989-1990

Member, Admissions Committee, 1989-1991

Member, Sabbatical Committee, 1988-1989


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Member, Physical Plant Committee, 1989-1991

Member, Minorities Committee, 1988-1989

Member, Faculty Development Committee, 1988-1999

Chair, Student-Faculty Committee, 1986-1987

Chair, Search Committee - Director of Law Library, 1986-1987

Member, Faculty Appointments Committee, 1986-1987

Member, Financial Aid Committee, 1985-1987

Member, Financial Aid Scholarship Sub-committee 1986-1987

Chair, Minorities Committee, 1984-1986

Member, Minorities Committee, 1983-1984

Member, Computer and Technology Committee, 1984-1985

Member, Special Committee on Sabbatical Policies, 1986

Member, Special Committee on Exam Review, 1985

Participant, Annual Convention of American Association of Law Schools

Other Service to the Law School

Chair, Liaison Committee to the Executive Committee of the Board, 2013

Board of Trustee Appointee, Co-Chair Dean Search Committee, 2008-2009

Co-Chair, Planning Committee for STCL Law Review Symposium on Tort Reform, 2005

Planning Committee, STCL Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, 1999-2009

Member, Board of Directors, South Texas College of Law Alumni Association, 1985, 1987-1990

STCL Symposium Co-Chair, Emerging Professional Responsibility Issues in Litigation, 1998-

1999

Planning Committee, Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, 1996-1999

Member, Faculty Capital Campaign Committee, 1994 to 1996

Officer, South Texas Law Review, 1988-present

Chair, South Texas College of Law Alumni Association, 1990

Reunion Hospitality Committee, 1989-1990

Faculty Sponsor, Student Bar Association of South Texas College of Law, 1984-1986

Host and Member, South Texas Program for Law Firm Recruiters, Houston & Dallas, 1988

Chair, Director of Library Search Committee, 1987

Board of Trustee Appointee, Dean Search Committee, 1986

Affirmative Action Officer, South Texas College of Law, 1984-1986

Faculty Participant, Texas College of Trial Advocacy (TCTA), 1982-1986

Liaison Member, South Texas Faculty Recruitment Committee, 1985-1988

Member, South Texas Faculty Recruiting Team at AALS Conference in Chicago, 1985-1987

Host, AALS Minority Hospitality Suite, Recruitment Conference, 1985-87

Host, AALS Women in Legal Education Hospitality Suite, Recruitment Conference, 1985-1987

Participant, STCL Placement Office One-to-One Counseling Program, 1985-1994

Participant, Faculty Recruitment Team for Director of Admissions and Director of Alumni

Affairs, 1986

Faculty Judge, J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Competition, 1988


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Faculty Judge, Spurgeon Bell Competition, 1985, 1993

Faculty Judge, Joe C. Shaffer Client Counseling Competition, 1985-1988

Faculty Host to Supreme Court Justice Gonzalez, Law Week, 1986

Faculty Committee Member, selection of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities,

1986

Honors Committee Member providing support for Justice Rehnquist's visit to South Texas

College of Law, 1985

Member Dean's special task group appointed to interface with the Accreditation Committee of

the American Bar Association, 1985

Vice-President, Women for South Texas, 1988-1989

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND BAR

Appointments:

Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure,

continuous terms, 1986-Present Elected Member, American Law Institute, 2003-present Co-Sponsor, “Minorities in Appellate Law: A View From The Bench, State Bar of Texas

Appellate Section CLE, 2013 Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Task Force Chair: Ancillary Proceedings 2008-2012 Appointee, State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section, Appellate Council 2005-2008 Liaison, State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section, Appellate Council 2012-2013 Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Task Force: Code of Judicial Conduct 2003-2004 Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Task Force: Judicial Speech Advisory Committee (2004)

(Advising Texas Supreme Court on Amendments to Texas Code of Judicial Conduct in light of

White v. Minnesota addressing First Amendment Implications to Judicial Rules of Ethics).

Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Reform (2002-2003). Advising Texas

Supreme Court as to desired civil rule modifications affecting class actions, multidistrict

litigation, offer of judgment practice, as well as the allowance of referral fees. Appointee, Civil Appellate Law Exam Commission, 1999-2005 Appointee, Civil Trial Law Exam & Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission 2001-2005 Appointee, Texas Supreme Court Task Force-Reorganization of Civil Procedure Rules (2002-2003)


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Other:

Planning Committee, University of Texas CLE, Page Keeton Conference (2004).

Course Co-Director, State Bar of Texas CLE, Advanced Personal Injury Conference (2005)

Course Co-Director, University of Texas CLE, Law Practice After HB 4: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know

(2003).

Course Co-Director, State Bar of Texas CLE, Impact of House Bill 4 Seminar (2004).

Speaker, Dallas Bar Association Appellate Section (May 2001). Special Master, District Courts of Harris and Galveston County

Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Symposium Co-Chair, "Emerging Professional Responsibility Issues

in Litigation," March 1999. State Bar of Texas Administration of Justice Committee 1991-1992

Contributing Author, "Procedure Update," State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Quarterly

Publication "The Advocate," 1987-1999

CLE Planning Committee Co-Chair, University of Texas School of Law 32nd

Annual Page

Keeton Civil Litigation Conference. 2008

CLE Planning Committee, Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference 2008

Appointed Council Member, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Council

Appointed Committee Chair, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, Liaison with Law Schools

(2007).

Planning Committee, University of Texas CLE, Page Keeton Conference (2005).

Course Co-Director, State Bar of Texas CLE, Advanced Personal Injury Conference (2005)

Committee Chair, Selection Committee for Outstanding Law Review Article, Texas Bar

Foundation, 1998-1999.

Planning Committees, South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference,

1998-1999.

Appointee, State Bar of Texas Appellate Section Practice Committee on the Rules, 1992-1997.


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Program Panel Moderator, Practicing Under The New Rules of Discovery, State Bar of Texas,

Houston, February 1999.

Program Panelist, “Applying the New Rules of Civil Discovery: Practical Solutions From the

Experts," State Bar of Texas Satellite Course (over 3,000 viewers), Dallas, November 20, 1998.

Program Panelist with Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht and Appellate Practitioner Katherine

Beirne, "Implications to the Practitioner of Proposed Appellate Rule Amendments," Houston Bar

Association First Annual Appellate Bench-Bar Conference, 1995.

Member, Houston Bar Association Committee on Professionalism, 1993-1996.

Member, Houston Bar Association Committee on Administration of Justice, 1995-1996.

Member, Advisory Counsel to Center for Professional Responsibility, 1994-1997.

Member, Houston Bar Association/Auxiliary Law Day Committee, 1994-1996.

Law Day Co-Chair, Houston Bar Association/Auxiliary, 1992 & 1994.

Faculty Member, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Huntsville, Corpus Christi, Arlington, Tyler &

Lubbock, 1994.

Faculty Member, Texas 1993 Judicial Conference, Austin, 1993.

State Bar Appointee, Committee on Administration of Justice, 1991-1992.

Member, State Bar of Texas Annual Convention Planning Committee, 1991.

Advisory Director, A. A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, Houston, Texas, 1989-1991.

Program Panelist, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Appellate Practice Seminar, Dallas, September

1992.

Program Panelist, University of Texas School of Law Appellate Practice and Procedure Course,

Austin, May 1992.

Member, Houston Bar Association Committee on Dispute Resolution, 1990-1991.

Program Speaker, "Appellate Practice in the Nineties," First Court of Appeals Appellate Law

Seminar, Houston, 1990.

Program Speaker, "Scheduling Orders," Special Master and Pretrial Conferences, State Bar of

Texas, Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, October, 1990.


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Program Speaker, "Civil Procedure in the Nineties under the New Rules," Advanced Strategies

in Obtaining and Using Evidence Course, Houston, 1990.

Program Speaker, "Preservation of Evidence Errors," Advanced Civil Trial Course, Southern

Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, April 26-27, 1990 & San Antonio, May 10-11,

1990.

Program Panelist, "Planning and Taking Depositions," South Texas College of Law, Houston,

April 20, 1990.

Program Speaker, "Developments in Procedure and Evidence," 1989 Analysis-1990 Forecast,

State Bar of Texas Seminar, Houston & Austin, December, 1989.

Program Speaker, "Immediate Pretrial Motions," Winning at Trial Seminar, Southern Methodist

University School of Law, October 20, 1989.

Program Speaker, "Developments in Texas Appellate Practice Seminar," First and Fourteenth

Courts of Appeal, State of Texas, Columbia Lakes, July 1989.

Program Speaker, "Post Trial Considerations," State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course,

Houston, Dallas & San Antonio, July 1989.

Member, Houston Bar Association Committee on the Administration of Justice, 1989-1991.

Participant, Hearings on Proposed Guidelines-Federal Courts Study Commission Report, Dallas,

Texas 1990.

Program Panelist - Local Rules of Texas, Judicial Conference, State Bar of Texas, Fort Worth,

Texas, September, 1988.

Legal Advisor to the Joint Special Committee on Security for Judgment, Texas Legislature,

1987.

Co-Chairman of Texas Supreme Court Advisory Sub-Committee Model Local Rules Project,

1987-1991.

Program Speaker, "The New Rules of Civil Procedure 1988," State Bar of Texas video tape

shown in 90 cities throughout Texas, 1988.

Program Speaker, "Update on Texas Civil Procedure," Texas Association of Defense Counsel,

Fort Worth, Texas, 1987.


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Program Speaker, "The Rule Making Authority of the Courts," Internal Continuing Legal

Education program of First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeal, Houston, 1987.

Program Speaker, "Procedural Nuances of Family Law Practice," Travis County Bar

Association, 1987.

Member, Administration of Justice Committee, Texas Young Lawyer's Association, 1987.

Member, Technical Proficiency and Professionalism Committee, Texas Young Lawyer's

Association, 1987.

Member, Law Focused Education Committee, Texas Young Lawyer's Association, 1987.

Member, First Court Associates, a non-profit professional organization which promotes public

interest in the Court of Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas, and whose

members consist of judges and attorneys who have served or are serving on that court, 1983-

present.

Faculty Member, Texas College of Trial Advocacy, 1983-1986.

Charter Member, Garland R. Walker Memorial Alumni Endowment Fund, Faculty Scholarship

Annual Drive, and annual fund of the College.

Participant, American Bar Association Annual Convention section meetings on legal education,

London, England, 1985.

Past Board Member, President, and Vice-President, South Texas College of Law Alumni

Association, 1983-1985.

Member, Advisory Committee of STCL Alumni Association, 1985-1990.

Advisory Committee Member, Federal Civil Practice Institute, 1983-1984.

Member, Committee on Appellate Judiciary, Houston Bar Association, 1982-1984.

Fund Raising Committee Member, Houston Bar Association, 1985-1987.

Participant, Spring Branch Independent School District Career Day, 1984.

Committee Member, Spring Creek Forest Deed Restriction Committee, 1984, 1989.

Board of Directors, Northwood Montessori School, 1992-2009.

Fundraising Chair, Northwood Montessori School, 1988-89.


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Room Mother, Wilkerson Intermediate, 1983-1994.

Room Mother, Ehrhardt Elementary, 1989-1991.

Computer Volunteer Instructor, Ehrhardt Elementary School, 1989-1990.

Advisory Board Member, Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion for the Performing Arts, 1997-2000.

Board Member, Texas Institute for Arts in Education, 1996-2000.

Board Member, Woodlands Symphony Orchestra, 1994-1998.

President, Woodlands Symphony Guild, 1994-1996.

Sustaining Member, Cypress-Woodlands Service Forum, 1995-present

Religious Instructor, Christ the Good Shepherd, 1989-1990.

Program Advisor, Texas Women's Alliance Seminar, Austin, 1986.

Campaign Advisory Committee Member for both democratic and republican judicial candidates,

1982-1986.

Member, Houston Bar Association Auxiliary - Assisted in overall planning and implementation

of Law Day programs for the greater Harris County area. Appointed Chair for 1991-92, 1993-

1994. Law Day presentations for children: B.B. Wolf v. Three Pigs, Brownie Troop 10194;

Trial of Goldilocks, Ehrhardt Elementary School and "Now You're 18" to area high school

students.

Board of Directors of Northwood Montessori School, a non-profit educational institution, 1995-

2005

Advisor to Texas Young Lawyers Association, aided in drafting, "Focus On Our Courts" for

public school classroom use, 1986.

Professional Associations

Member, American Bar Association

Member, ABA Section Legal Education, Litigation

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, Texas Bar Foundation

Member, Litigation Section, State Bar of Texas


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Member, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Texas

Member, Houston Bar Association

Member, Litigation Section, Houston Bar Association

Member, Appellate Practice, Houston Bar Association

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO ACCEPTING ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Litigation Experience

Position: Litigation Attorney, Gulf Oil Corporation

Reported to: John E. Bailey, General Counsel

Responsibilities: Litigated assigned cases involving the full range of commercial

and corporate legal/business issues. Litigation duties include

investigation, discovery, briefing, trial, and appellate practice.

Position: Briefing Attorney, State of Texas

First Court of Civil Appeals

Reported to: Justice James P. Wallace

Responsibilities: Review appellate briefs; research points of error in light of

applicable law; prepare and present bench memorandum

recommending appropriate disposition of the case to the members

of the court.

EDUCATION

Law: South Texas College of Law

Houston, Texas

Juris Doctor Degree, summa cum laude, awarded 1978

Other degrees: McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

M.A. Political Economics awarded 1975

Scholarship and teaching fellowship

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois

B.S. Political Science, cum laude, awarded 1973

Minor areas of concentration: education and business

Student publication: South Texas Law Journal, "The Constitutionality of the Amended

Attachment Rules in Light of Recent U.S. Supreme Court

Decision," vol. 19:1, p. 342, 1978


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Law school awards: E. E. Townes Monetary Award for Outstanding Constitutional Law

Article

Order of the Lytae, an honorary legal fraternity whose members

have demonstrated superior academic performance

American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Procedure,

Equity and Workman's Compensation

Distinguished Service Award for Contributions to Law Review

Editorial Staff