Articles & Speeches

“Blood of the Workman,” 23 Houston Law Review 945, reprinted in the Worker’s Compensation Law Review and National Insurance Law Review. [Winner of the Texas Trial Lawyers’ Association Writing Award]

“In Terrorem Clauses: Should You Be Terrified?”, Disability and Elder Law Attorney Association, Houston,Texas July 16, 2001

“Probate Litigation,” HMS Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Houston, Texas, October 5, 2001

“Creditor Claims Procedures in Decedent’s Estates and Guardianship Proceedings” (co-authored with Honorable Russell Austin), Houston Bar Association 2002 Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, February 1, 2002

“Ad Litem Representation Including Contested Matters,” State Bar of Texas 26th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, Dallas, Texas, June 5-7, 2002

“Creditor Claims,” (co-authored with Honorable Russell Austin), South Texas College of Law Wills & Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, September 12-13, 2002

“A Summary of Texas Law on the Enforceability of No Contest Clauses,” Houston Bar Association, Probate, Trusts & Estates Section, Houston, Texas, April 29, 2003

“In Terrorem Clauses: Should You Be Terrified? A Summary of Texas Law on the Enforceability of No Contest Clauses,” South Texas College of Law Wills & Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, September 11-12, 2003

“Non Probate Assets,” (Co-authored with Mary E. Mason), South Texas College of Law Wills & Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, September 9-10, 2004

“Take it or Leave It”: Enforceability of ‘No Contest’ Clauses in Texas,” Attorneys In Tax & Probate, Houston, Texas, December 7, 2004

“Role of the Ad Litem in Guardianship,” South Texas College of Law Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas, September 15-16, 2005

“Duties of the Ad Litem in Guardianship,” Houston Bar Association Guardianship Certification Course, Houston, Texas, Friday, January 27, 2006

“If You Kill Your Honey, Don’t Expect the Money: the Rights of a Killer to Share in His Victim’s Estate,”Disability and Elder Law Attorneys Association (DELAA), Houston, Texas, April 24, 2006

“Texas Guardianship Law 101″ (co-authored with Linda C. Goehrs), University of Houston Law Foundation Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, May 11, 2006, Dallas, Texas May 19, 2006

“Evidentiary Issues in Probate and Guardianship,” Disability and Elder Law Attorneys Association (DELAA), Houston, Texas, April 16, 2007

“Dead Man Talking:An Update on the Dead Man’s Rule and Other Evidentiary Issues,” South Texas College of Law Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, September 6-7, 2007

“Take it or Leave It”: Enforceability of ‘No Contest’ Clauses in Texas,” Houston Bar Association, Houston, Texas, August 15, 2008

“Creditor Claims in Independent and Dependent Administrations,” South Texas College of Law Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, September 18-19, 2008

“Death and Dying,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, October 4, 2008

“Panel Discussion on End of Life Issues,” St. Anne Catholic Community, Houston, Texas, October 27, 2008

“Wills and Estates,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, April 4, 2009.

“Creditor Claims in Independent and Dependent Administrations,” Attorneys In Tax & Probate, Houston, Texas, April 7, 2009.

“Modifying Guardianships and Restoring Wards,” Guardian and Ad LitemCertification Course, South Texas College of Law, September 23, 2009.

“Creditor Claims In Independent and Dependent Administrations in Texas–Beware of the Trap Doors!”, The Advocate, State Bar Litigation Report, Vol. 48, Fall 2009.

“Death and Dying,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, October 3, 2009.

“Creditor Claims In Independent and Dependent Administrations in Texas–Beware of the Trap Doors,” American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, October 23, 2009.

“Death and Dying,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, October 3,2009

“Duties of the Ad Litem in Guardianship Cases,” Texas Guardianship Association Fall Conference, Waco, Texas, November 19-20, 2009.

“Duties of the Ad Litem in Guardianship Cases,” Houston Bar Association,2010 Guardianship Ad Litem in Probate Court & Elder Law Institute, Houston, Texas, January 28-29, 2010.

“Selected Evidentiary Issues in Probate and Guardianship Cases,” Houston Bar Association, 2010 Wills & Probate Institute, Houston, Texas, February 19, 2010

“Wills and Estates,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, April 3, 2010

“Breach of Fiduciary Duty,” Disability and Elder Law Attorneys Association (DELAA), Houston, Texas, May 18, 2010

“Duties of Attorney and Guardian Ad Litems,” Guardian and Ad Litem Certification Course,South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, September 22, 2010

“Modifying Guardianships and Restoring Wards,” Guardian and Ad Litem Certification Course,

South Texas College of Law, September 22, 2010

“A Musical Journey Through Creditor Claims,” Wills and Probate Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 23, 2010

“Wills & Estates” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, April 2, 2011

“Identifying Incapacity” (co-authored with Mark E. Kunik, M.D.), Guardian and Attorney Ad Litem Certification Course, South Texas College of Law, September 21, 2011

“What Were They Thinking? A Study of Holographic Wills,” Wills and Probate Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 22, 2011

“Wills & Estates” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, October 1, 2011

“Creditor Claims in Independent and Dependent Administrations,” Houston Bar Association Probate, Trusts and Estates Section Meeting, January 31, 2012

“Wills & Estates” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, April 7, 2012

“The Writing’s On the Wall. A Study of Holographic Wills,” Harris County Probate Court Number Four, April 10, 2012

“Momma Told Me I Could Have That! Settlement Agreements in Probate, Trust & Guardianship Cases”, Wills and Probate Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 20, 2012

“Wills and Estates,” The People’s Law School, University of Houston Law Center, September 29, 2012

Houston Bar Association Voir Dire Program, November 1, 2012, Harris County Probate Court Number Four

““Top Ten Perils For Probate Executors and Administrators”, The Houston Lawyer, November 2013 (pg. 10-15 )

“Texas Descent & Distribution Chart 2014”