Articles / Publications

• "10b5-1 Plan Abuse" LJN - The Corporate Counselor (September 2007)
• "Stock Option Scandal" Texas Lawyer (December 25, 2006)
• "Decoding the Stock Option Backdating Scandal" Corporate Counsel State Bar Section Newsletter (June 1, 2006)
• "Corporate Governance Seen Through the Eyes of the Enforcers: An Unlikely Place to Find Meaningful Guidance" Bloomberg Law Reports Corporate Governance (January 1, 2006)
• "Being Prepared for an SEC Investigation" Headnotes, official publication of the Dallas Bar Association (August 1, 2005)
• "SEC in Transition: Key Enforcement Issues Affecting Public Companies" Texas Lawyer (July 18, 2005)

Briefings, Seminars & Speeches

Adjunct Professor

• “Securities Regulation,” Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas

Speaker

• "The Significance of the Internal Investigation in the Sarbanes-Oxley World," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas (June 26, 2008)
• "Securities and Corporate Law Update - Ethics," Practicing Law Institute program sponsored by Bowne, Dallas, TX (January 2008)
• "Securities and Corporate Law Update," Practicing Law Institute program sponsored by Bowne, Houston, TX (December 2007)
• "SEC's Recent Interest in 10b5-1 Sales by Insiders," webinar (November 2007) [Click on the title of the webinar to view the presentation in its entirety.]
• "Crisis Management for Corporate Counsel," Association of Corporate Counsel,  Dallas, TX (September 2007)
• "SOX: 5 Years Later," presented by Andrews Kurth and Tatum, LLC, Austin, Dallas and Houston, TX (September 2007)
• "Enforcement Issues Affecting Broker-Dealers," Lehman Brothers, Inc., New York, NY (July 2007)
• "Help Wanted: General Counsel," Corporate Counsel Forum, San Antonio, TX (June 2007)
• "The Nuts & Bolts of Internal Investigations," Practicing Law Institute - Internal Investigations 2007: Legal, Ethical and Strategic Issues, Chicago, IL (June 2007)
• "Internal Investigations," University of Texas, 29th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Houston, TX (April 2007)
• "Straight Talk on Backdating" webinar (November 2006) [Click on the title to hear the presentation in its entirety.] 
• "What to do When the Government Comes Knocking," Plano Bar Association, Plano, TX (November 2006)
• "Internal Investigations," SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium, Dallas, TX (October 2006)
• "Stock Option Dating Issues," DFW SEC Reporting Group, Dallas, TX (September 2006)
• “International Trade Risk – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” Texas General Counsel Forum, Houston, TX (April 2006)
• “Corporate Governance Issues in the Oil and Gas Setting,” OCU Energy Law Association, Oklahoma City, OK (April 2006)
•  “Fraud Prevention Tactics - Audit Committee Roundtable,” hosted by Grant Thornton, Dallas, TX (April 2006)
• “Street Smarts for Small-Cap Companies – Stock Promoters: Behind the Scenes,” American Stock Exchange IR Alliance, Las Vegas, NV (April 2006)
•  “What to Do When the Government Comes Knocking,” Association of Corporate Counsel – America/Houston Chapter, Houston, TX (January 2006)
• "Hedge Funds and SEC Regulations," Bloomberg Roundtable on Issues Affecting Hedge Funds, New York, NY (December 2005)
• “Developments in SEC Enforcement,” Texas Bar Association Third Annual Advanced Business Law Course, Houston, TX (November 2005)
•  “Developing Compliance Plans for Energy Companies,” Fourth Annual Gas & Power Institute, Houston, TX (October 2005)
• "The New Securities Enforcement Environment," IX Hemispheric Congress for the Prevention of Money Laundering, Panama City, Republic of Panama (August 2005)