Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, Texas Monthly (2005-present)List of Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers by Texas Monthly (2016, 2020, 2021)List of Top Attorneys for Intellectual Property (2011-2020) Fort Worth, Texas MagazineRated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Peer ReviewFritz G. Lanham Trademark Award by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2022)Appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to serve on the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals. (2019-2022)Outstanding Young Lawyer of Tarrant County by the Fort Worth – Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (2002)President, Federal Bar Association – Fort Worth ChapterChair, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Texas (2022-2023)Chair, Trade Secrets Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Texas (2013-2016)Chair’s Award for outstanding service to the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017-2018)Founding and Charter Member, Texas Intellectual Property Law FoundationCo-chair, District Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1998-2006)Chair, Technology Subcommittee, District Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1998 – 2006)Patent and Local Rules Subcommittees, District Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1998 – 2006, 2018 – 2019)Technology Subcommittee, District Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2015-2020)Civil Trial Law Exam Commissioner, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2021- present)Chair, Tarrant County Bar Foundation (2019)Director, Tarrant County Bar Association (2005-2007, 2023-2024)Chair, Advisory Panel for the reappointment of the Honorable Charles Bleil to United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth DivisionAdvisory Panel for the reappointment of the Honorable Paul D. Stickney to United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas DivisionConferee, Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference (New Orleans, 1998; Houston, 1999; San Antonio, 2000; New Orleans, 2001; Dallas, 2002; Austin 2004; San Antonio 2007; New Orleans 2009; San Antonio 2011; Fort Worth 2013; New Orleans 2014; New Orleans 2015; Grapevine 2017)Master, Barbara M.G. Lynn Inn of Court (2021 – present)Barrister, Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court (1997-1999, 2004-2005); Executive Committee/Program Director (1999, 2004)Fort Worth’s 400 Most Influential People, Fort Worth Magazine (2018)President’s Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Tarrant County Bar Association (1999)

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