Speeches and Seminars

• “Downstream 101”, presented to Institute for Energy Law, Leadership Program, March 2021 (co-presenter)
• "Force Majeure Claims in a COVID-19 Environment," presented to Energy Bar Association, November 2020
• "Refining and Petrochemicals Contracts – Continuing Legal Education Panel," May 2019
• Co-presenter: “Texas Supreme Court Update: Contract Clauses Transactional lawyers Should Kill; Contract Clauses Transactional Lawyers Should Love”, CLE, April 2019
• Moderator: Coffee and Conversation with Former Acting US Ambassador to China, April 2019
• Co-presented, Construction Law CLE, "Lump Sum Contracts–The Whole Pie and Some Avoidable Crumbles", Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
• "A Discussion of the Ethical and Liability Issues for In-House and Outside Counsel relating to Litigation," Texas Bar Association: Advanced Civil Trial Continuing Legal Education − series held throughout 2016 in major Texas cities
• "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Working With In-House Counsel," Texas Aggie Bar Association, 2016 Annual Conference
• Moderator, "Legal Department Obligations" surrounding repetitive product defect claims, Texas General Counsel Forum, June 2015 
• "Legal Issues in Green Building," Basic Construction Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2010 
• "The Power of Collaboration in Sustainable Design," risk management portion, Texas Society of Architects, 2010 
• "Challenges to Expert Testimony," Annual Conference for the Central Region, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Houston, September 2008
• Moderator, "Evidence," University of Houston Continuing Legal Education, March 2008
• "A Day in the Life of an E-Discovery Case," T3: Trial Tactics & Technology, ALM Events, New York, December 2005 and 2006, London, and New York, November 2007 
• "Engineering Risk and the Law – Case Histories and Lessons," Annual Conference for the Central Region, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Houston, October 2006
• Frequent speaker at high schools and before community groups as part of the Houston Bar Association.