Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Class Actions
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• 70% Personal Injury -- Defense
• 30% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Toxic Torts

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1987
• Arkansas, 1986
• Oklahoma, 1992
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education

• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1986
  J.D.
  Law Review: University of Arkansas Law Review, 1984 - 1986
  
  
• Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1982
  B.S.
  Honors: Dean's List; President's List
  Major: Business Administration
  
  

Representative Cases

• Edward Klitz v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp., (W. D. Ark. 2001)
• Bobby Curley v. Old Reliable Casualty Co., 85 Ark. App. 395, 155 S.W.3d 711 (Ark. Ct. of App. 2000)
• William Laster v. Bowie Cass Electric Cooperative, (Dist. Ct. of Cass County, Texas 2002)
• Cindy Hagins v. National Accident Insurance Underwriters, Inc., (Dist. Ct. of Cass County, Texas 2002)
• Lena Morris v. Acro Tractor Co., (Dist. Ct. of Titus County, Texas )
• Joyce Beasley v. Capital County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, (W.D. Ark. )
• Centerpoint Gas Co. v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp., (Dist. Ct. of Cass County, Texas )
• Richard Kelly v. EZ Mart Stoves, Inc., (W.D. Ark. 1999)
• Phillip Dodd v. Sonic Drive-In, (C Dist. Ct. of Bowie County, Texas )

Representative Clients

• St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company
• Capitol County Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
• Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
• Texas Timberline, Inc.
• J.W. Payne Construction Company
• Reliable Life Insurance Company
• American Suzuki Motor Corp.
• United Insurance Co. of America

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  
  
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• State Bar of Texas
  
  
• Arkansas Bar Association
  
  
• Oklahoma Bar Association
  
  
• Arkansas Bar Association, Products Liability and Mass Torts Committees
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Mowery Law Firm, 2005 - Present
• Brock, Gooding & Mowery, Litigation Partner, 2002 - 2005
• Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Partner, 1986 - 2002

Birth Information

• 1959, Hugo, Oklahoma