Publications
Author, “Complex Litigation: A Practical Guide to Case Management and Decision Making,” Wolters Kluwer, Winter 2025. Purchase here.
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Author, “Storytelling: The Art of the Advocate,” American Bar Association Litigation Journal, Spring 2023.
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Author, “Storytelling: The Art of the Advocate,” Proceedings of the American Employment Law Council 2022 Annual Conference, October 2022.
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Author, “A Further History of the SMU Air Law Symposium,” Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Summer, 2021.
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Author, “A Tribute to Charles Alford Tarpley,” Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Summer, 2021.
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Author, “The Mechanics of Advocacy,” Journal of The American College of Trial Lawyers, Issue 94, Fall, 2020.
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Co-author with Christopher Hendricks, “Direct and Cross Examination: The Art of Asking Questions,” San Francisco Daily Journal, November 25, 2020.
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Co-author with Andrew B. Serwin, “Pathways to Wellness in the Practice of Law,” The Bencher – The Magazine of the American Inns of Court, March/April 2020.
Co-author with Andrew Barr, “The Ethics of Witness Preparation,” Proceedings of the 51st Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, March 2017.
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Co-author with Debra D. Fowler and William D. Adams, “Corporate Counsel Perspectives: The Challenging World of Inside Counsel,” Proceedings of the 50th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, March 2016.
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Co-author with William V. O’Connor, Chapter on “Navigating Through Turbulence: Defending High-Exposure Air Crash Cases” in Strategies for Transportation Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Aspatore Inside the Minds series, 2013.
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Co-author with Mark J. Larson, “Litigation Management: Using Collaborative Litigation Work Teams to Control Costs and Enhance Results,” ACC Docket, June 2013.
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Co-author with Marina Slavin and Ashley Washington, “The Ninth Circuit’s ‘Nuanced’ Approach to FAA Preemption Leads to Greater Uncertainty and Invites Artful Pleading,” Law 360, March 2013.
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Co-author with Kimberly Gosling and Christopher Dalton, “Court Holds That Federal Standards of Care Pre-empt State Law Standards,” International Law Office, November 27, 2012.
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Co-author, “Case Study: Sierra Pacific Holdings v. Ventura,” Product Liability Law360, April 10, 2012.
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Co-author with Greg Reilly, “Pleading Ignorance: Iqbal/Twombly ’Plausibility’ Standard,” Law 360, May 2010.
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Author, “Federal Pleading After Twombly and Iqbal - Plain Statement or Plausible Grounds?” Law 360, August 2009.
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Co-author with Ellen Adler, “Some Inconvenient Truths About Forum Non Conveniens Law in International Aviation Disasters,” Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 74, No. 2, Spring 2009.
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Co-author with Sean Gates, “Coming to America: International Air Crash Litigation in the United States,” Proceedings of the 42nd Annual SMU Air Law Symposium, February 2008.
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Co-author with William Janicki, “Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Claims Under the Warsaw Convention,” Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 70, No. 3, Summer 2005.
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Co-author with William O’Connor, “New California Law Allows for Split-Recovery of Punitive Damages Awards, Morrison & Forester, (Apr. 2005) http://www.mofo.com/news/updates/files/updates020013.htm. (Cited in Comment, “Bridging the ‘Philosophical Void’ in Punitive Damages: Empowering Plaintiffs and Society Through Curative Damages,” 54 BFLR 1587 (April 2007)).
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Co-author with Linda Lane and Erin Bosman, “Anchors Away: Attacking the Suggestion of a Dollar Amount as Compensation for Non-Economic Damages in Closing,” IADC Defense Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3, July 2003.
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Co-author with James Shomper, Deborah Kuchler, and Chris Barbee, “Building the Virtual Law Firm Through Collaborative Work Teams,” ACCA Docket, Vol. 19, No. 9, October 2001.
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Author, “Use of Case Management Orders in Toxic Tort Litigation”, Proceedings of the ABA Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Spring Seminar, March 1999.
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Author, “Y2K Act”, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 31, 1999.
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Co-author with Mary Lehman, “Use of Case Management Orders in Toxic Tort Litigation, For the Defense, Vol. 41, No. 6, June 1999. (Article was a winner of the 2000 Burton Award for Legal Achievement.)
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Co-author with James Shomper, “Terminating Serial Litigation,” Proceedings of the DRI Toxic Tort Seminar, May 1999.
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Editor, Colorado Law Digest, VII Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (Dawson, Nagel, Sherman & Howard, Revisers), 1978-79.
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Author, Comment, "Picking Your Poison: The Drug Efficacy Requirement and the Right of Privacy," 25 UCLA Law Review 577, 1978.
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Author, Book Review, "Karen Ann Quinlan: Dying in the Age of Eternal Life," 24 UCLA Law Review 725, 1977.
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Contributor, Modern Marketing, B.H. Marcus, editor, New York: Random House, Inc., 1975 (wrote case studies and quantitative business analysis section under Dr. Burton H. Marcus).
Co-author, Teacher's Manual for Modern Marketing, New York: Random House, Inc., 1975 (prepared teaching objectives and guidance under Dr. Burton H. Marcus).
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Co-author, "Richard M. Nixon and the Politics of Purification," paper presented to Western Speech Communication Association Convention, Rhetoric and Public Address Program, Newport Beach, California, November 1974.
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Co-author, "Mutual Perceptions of Congruence of Communication in a Dyad," paper presented to International Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1974.