Contracts
Commercial and Personal Tort Law
Construction Law
Products Liability
Professional Malpractice
Oil and Gas
Director and Officer Liability
Mediation Services
Texas, 1965
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
U.S. Supreme Court, 1973
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1967
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1965
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1965
J.D.
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, USA, 1962
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: ODK
Honors: Outstanding Athlete Award
Honors: Athletic Hall of Fame
Major: English
Best Lawyers in America
Who's Who in American Law
Top Texas Lawyers
Texas Super Lawyers
AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
State Bar of Texas (Director, 1999 - 2002)
Texas Bar Foundation
Abilene Bar Association, Past President
Texas Young Lawyers Association,
Past Chairman, Board of Directors
State Bar Grievance Committee,
Past Chairman, District 14-D
American Judicature Society,
Past Director
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
American Board of Trial Advocates,
President,
TX-ABOTA, (2003)
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
McMahon Surovik Suttle, P.C., Vice President/Director, 1967 - Present




