Born Fort Worth, Texas, 1968

Admitted to the State Bar of Texas 1993.
Texas, U.S. District Court of Appeals, Forth and Fifth Circuits
U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Practice Areas:

• Construction Law
• Litigation
• Commercial Law

• Baylor University, J.D., 1993
• Baylor University, B.A., 1990

• State Bar of Texas
  - Construction Law Section
• Founding Chairman of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2002-2005)
• Governing Council of the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2004-2005)
• Dallas Bar Association
  - Governing Council of the Construction Law (2005-2007), Officer (2007-2008)
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas

• Pro bono outside general counsel, PediPlace, Inc., a non-profit pediatric clinic, 1995 to the present.
• Pro bono outside general counsel, The Teen Center, Inc., a drug-free alcohol-free environment for teens, 2002-2005.
• Member, Safety Committee for Associated General Contractors of Texas, Inc., 2002-present.

Profile:
Jeff has extensive experience representing contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties and owners in construction-related matters. In addition to his construction practice, Jeff is an experienced commercial litigator who has represented many clients in commercial and employment-related litigation. These disputes have been in courts throughout the states of Texas, South Carolina, Colorado and Virginia, in front of arbitration panels in various states, and in front of OSHA and other government agencies. Jeff has prosecuted and defended actions involving construction defects, failure to pay, bond claims, lien claims and other construction disputes, but his work has not been limited to ordinary construction disputes. Jeff has also prosecuted actions for the industry trade group, Associated General Contractors of Texas, in wage rate cases in El Paso, Texas, and defended a large supplier against antitrust allegations in South Carolina.

• Writing credits include articles in Infrastructure and other construction newsletters on a range of topics, including personal injury claims against Texas contractors, and sovereign immunity issues.
• Author, TEXAS CONSTRUCTION LAW JOURNAL article, Liability for Injuries to Employees of Independent Contractors, December, 2005
• Author, Dallas Bar Headnotes article, Dow - Living Improved Today, May, 2003.

• Frequent speaker on construction law matters including personal injury claims, contract claims, and insurance issues.
• Featured luncheon speaker, “Jobsite Accidents” at the Basics in Construction Law Conference, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section, October 2005
• Speaker, “What Do You Do When…?” seminar speaking on defective bids, changed site conditions, delays in performance and ethical obligations of lawyers in construction disputes – April, 2005.
• Planning committee member, 18th Annual Construction Law Conference, March, 2005.
• Moderator, The Basic Course in Texas Construction Law, October 2004.
• Speaker, Safety Committee of Associated General Contractors, speaking on the impact of the Lee Lewis case on risk management for Texas contractors. March, 2003.
• Speaker, Construction Law: Risk Management, Resolution and Sources of Payment for Claims in Texas, February, 2003.
• Moderator, Construction Law in Texas, June, 2003.