Admitted: 1954, Texas
Law School: University of Texas at Austin, J.D.
Member: Dallas (Member, ADR Section and Past Chairman, Ethics Subcommittee) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, ADR Section and former member Governing Council); Association of Attorney-Mediators (Past President); Texas Association of Mediators; International Academy of Mediators.
Biography: Adjunct Professor, Dispute Resolution, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Faculty Member: Attorney-Mediators Institute; Dallas Bar Association Mediator Training. Co Mediation Training, Dallas County Family Courts. Has mediated more than 3,000 cases. Member, Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Mediators of the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Security Dealers and the Duke University Private Adjudication Center. Chairman, Special State Bar of Texas committee to prepare a plan and pilot program for mediating grievances against Texas attorneys. Recipient, Steve Brutsche Award for professional excellence in dispute resolution, American Arbitration Association. Recipient with his wife, Rena Silverberg, Justice Frank G. Evans Award presented by ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2005. Named by D Magazine as one of the best lawyers in Dallas, 2003. Named by Texas Monthly as one of the Texas Super Lawyers in 2003, 2004, 200, 2006 and 2007. Former Member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee to the Federal Districts Courts for the Northern District of Texas, the Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee on Court-Annexed Mediations, State Bar of Texas Task Force on Mediator Quality and Credentialing.