REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represents clients in federal district court litigation, including commercial disputes, adversary proceedings, and class actions, including as local counsel
• Represents clients ranging from multinational corporations to growing businesses in False Claims Act cases involving a variety of subject matters brought by the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and qui tam relators
• Represented a federally-recognized Indian tribe in federal district court, the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court against the State of Texas in a complex administrative-law dispute governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
• Represented the plan committee of an electronics retailer on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in ERISA class-action litigation.
• Represented an agriculture-related small business and its owner on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in an administrative and constitutional challenge to a federal agency’s rulemaking.
• Represented a prominent entertainment and sports production company on appeal in the Fifth Circuit in a trademark enforcement proceeding.
• Represented a Fortune 50 company on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in finance-related litigation.
• Represented a leading retailer on appeal in the Ninth Circuit in commercial litigation.
• Represented a leading food producer in multiple appeals in the Tenth Circuit and in the New Mexico Supreme Court in employment discrimination cases.
• Represented a major automobile manufacturer in federal district court in third-party discovery litigation.
• Represented one of the world’s largest business associations as amicus curiae in the Texas Supreme Court
• Represents clients in nonpublic proceedings against federal and state administrative agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Advises on appellate briefing, procedural, and other matters.
• Advises candidates for local office in Texas on campaign-finance matters and Texas Ethics Commission rules and proceedings.

AWARDS & SERVICE

• Rising Star, Appellate Law, Texas Super Lawyers (2017, 2019–23)
• “Best Lawyers Under 40,” D Magazine (2022)
• Rising Star, Civil Litigation Defense, Texas Super Lawyers (2018)
• Recipient, Stewardship Award, Fort Worth Business Press
• State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section
• State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
• Dallas Bar Association
• Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
• Executive Board, Stanford Law Review
• Executive Board, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
• Director, Region 11C, Texas Association of School Boards
• Trustee, Place 5, Arlington Independent School District Board Member
• United Way of Tarrant County
• Arlington ISD Education Foundation
• Arlington Public Library Foundation
• City of Arlington Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
• Arlington ISD Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (2014 Bond)
• Arlington ISD Financial Futures Committee
• Arlington ISD Capital Needs Steering Committee
• Arlington ISD Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (2009 Bond)
• Co-Founder, Chapa-Salas Scholarship
• Leadership Arlington
• President, American Legion Boys Nation

ADMISSIONS

• Texas
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth Circuits
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

• Clerkship to the Hon. Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Clerkship to the Hon. David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

EDUCATION

• Stanford Law School, J.D., 2010
• Stanford Graduate School of Education, M.Ed., 2010
• Harvard University, B.A., cum laude, 2005