Current Employment Position(s)

Sole PractitionerOwner

Year Joined Organization: 2003

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Agribusiness
• Alimony & Spousal Support
• Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
• Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Bad Faith
• Business Successions
• Child Support
• Childrens' Rights
• Closely Held Businesses
• Commercial Insurance
• Crops
• Custody & Visitation
• DUI/DWI
• Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
• Disability
• Dissolution
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence & Neglect
• Drug Violations
• Elder Law
• Errors & Omissions Insurance
• Estate Administration
• Federal
• Federal Trial Practice
• Felonies
• Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety
• Formation & Business Planning
• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Insurance Malpractice
• Life & Health
• Limited Liability Companies
• Living Wills
• Mediation
• Mediation & Collaborative Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Misdemeanor
• Motor Vehicle
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Nursing Home
• Parole & Probation
• Partnerships
• Paternity
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Property & Casualty
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff
• State Trial Practice
• Trusts
• Wills
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Agribusiness, Crops, Mediation, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Federal, Felonies, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Childrens' Rights, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Collaborative Law, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Disability, Nursing Home, Bad Faith Insurance, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Malpractice, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Federal Trial Practice, State Trial Practice, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Estate Administration, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of International Trade, 1999
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
• The Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• San Antonio Bar Association
• American Risk and Insurance Association
• CPCU Society
• National Eagle Scout Association

Honors and Awards

• The College of the State Bar of Texas, 2002 - 2005
• The Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Teach Undergraduate Law Courses, Concordia University, 2002 - Present
• Instructor, Teach Locally and National Courses and Seminar to the Insurance Industry, San Antonio College, 1990 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• The Cartall Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Member, 1999 - 2002
• The Millers Insurance Group, Assistant Casualty Claims Manager, 1994 - 1997
• Southwest Adjustment Co., Inc., Owner/Adjuster, 1990 - 1994
• Farmers Insurance Group, CMT/Claim Representative, 1986 - 1990

Education

• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998
  J.D.
  Major: ADR Training @ Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution
  Major: Advanced ADR Training in Dispute Resolution in Austin
• University of London, London, England
  Postgraduate study in Law
• The American College, The Richard D. Irwin Graduate Shool of Management, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1993
  M.S.M.
  Major: Management
• University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1985
  B.B.A.
  Honors: Tau Kappa Epsilon
  Major: Finance

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Ancillary Businesses

• Charted Property & Casualty Underwritter (1991)
• CPD Qualified from 1991 to 2005

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Book Review, Handbook on ERISA Litigation, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2nd Edition, Volume 66, No. 3, September, 1999
• Book Review, Transnational Environmental Liability and Insurance, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Volume 63, Number 1, March, 1996

Address

8000 IH 10 West
Suite 1500
San Antonio, TX 78230

Office Hours

Monday - Thusday 8AM to 5 PM, Fridays 8AM to 3PM

Phones

(210) 696-4900

Faxes

(210) 524-7764

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wslaw.org
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