Articles / Publications

• "Texas Real Estate Lending Guide" Texas Bankers Association (2007)
• “Last Rights: Liquidating a Company” Oxford University Press (2006)
• “Texas Secured Lending Guide” Texas Bankers’ Association, 1st ed. 1992, 2nd ed. 1996, 3rd ed. 1997, 4th ed. 1998, 5th ed. 1999, 6th ed. 2000, 7th ed. 2001, 8th ed. 2002, 9th ed. 2003, 10th ed. 2004, 11th ed. 2005, 12th ed. 2006, 13th ed. 2008 (250 page book)
• "Understanding The Risks of Directing an Institution in Financial Distress" Chapter 5, Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions, Edward Elgar Publishing, Benton E. Gup, PhD Chair of Banking (2008)
• “Texas Practice Guide: Financial Transactions” Volumes 2 and 3, The West Group (updated annually) (2000)
• “Texas Problem Loan Guide” Texas Bankers’ Association (1999)
• “Maximizing Estate Value Through Effective Economic Litigation Analysis” Norton’s 1998 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law at 21, The West Group (1998)
• “Texas Practice Guide: Creditors’ Rights” The West Group (Updated annually) (1998)

Briefings, Seminars & Speeches

Major Presentations

• "Valuation in Bankruptcy Litigation," Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section (September 5, 2007)
• “Last Rights: Finding Value in Liquidations,” (panelist) Tenth Annual Conference on Corporate Reorganizations, Chicago, June 21, 2007.
• “How Far Can We Go With Rule 2004?”  The University of Texas 2007 Bankruptcy Litigation Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop, February 2007.
• “Who Should Be Casting?  Third Party Prosecution of Claims Via Assignment of Claims to Litigation Trusts, a Committee or Other Third Party,” The University of Texas 2006 Bankruptcy Litigation Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop, February 3, 2006.
• “Commercial Lending – New Trends and Revisiting the Basics,” Texas Association of Bank Counsel 29th Convention, October 2005.
• “Struggles Among the Bondholder Classes,” (panelist) 8th Annual Corporate Reorganizations Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 24, 2005.
• “The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” presented to State Bankers Association, June 21, 2005.
• In-house CLE presentations for clients including “Understanding Common Credit Support Documents: Guaranties and Letters of Credit,” “The Risk of Litigation When You Are a Director, Affiliate or Creditor of a Potentially Bankrupt Entity” and “The Top 10 Risks of Doing Business With a Company in Financial Distress.”

Institutional Training

• Instructor, Texas Bankers’ Association Professional Development Seminars: “Texas Loan Documentation”; Texas Department of Banking: “Loan Documentation,” Bank Examiners Training Conference: Texas Bankers’ Association Lending School: “Problem Loans and Bankruptcy”; Texas Bankers’ Association: “The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: What Bankers Need to Know”; American Institute of Banking: “Secured Loan Documentation”; East Texas Banker’s Association:  “Texas Loan Documentation”