Career 1973-1989: Business litigation. Founding partner, Susman, Godfrey & McGowan in Houston, TX.1990-present: Mediation and Arbitration
Achievements Chair, State Bar of Texas Anititrust Section.Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London). Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators. Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America.International Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (New York).Energy Arbitrators List, an international panel of energy industry arbitrators sponsored by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Roster of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association; Commercial Panel, Large and Complex Case Panel , and Oil & Gas Panel.National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, International Institute For Conflict Prevention and Dispute Resolution ("CPR"). CPR’s Energy, Oil and Gas Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.Panel of International Arbitrators, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. International Panel of Arbitrators, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre.Panel of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre.Institute for Energy Law Directory of Energy Arbitrators.Panel of Arbitrators, Vienna International Arbitral Centre.Panel of Arbitrators, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.Board of Directors, Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution, State Bar of Texas.2016, 2017, and 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in Arbitration.Best Lawyers' 2017 Houston Arbitration "Lawyer of the Year."Best Lawyers' 2018 Houston Mediation "Lawyer of the Year."Acquisition International - Best in International Arbitration 2016—Texas.Corporate LiveWire 2016 Global Awards—Arbitration in the Energy Sector.Corp America's 2016 Legal Elite Award for Best International Disputes Arbitrator—Texas.Finance Monthly Global’s 2016 Award—Arbitration and Mediation Law Firm of the Year–USA. Roster of Arbitrators, American Health Lawyers Association . 2012 Distinguished Counselor Award, Antitrust and Business Litigation Section, State Bar of Texas. Lawdragon 500 --one of 500 best judges (public and private) in U.S. Charter Member and Executive Committee, Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Texas Super Lawyer (Texas Monthly) for each of last eleven years. Best Lawyers' 2014 Houston Mediation "Lawyer of the Year". The International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation 2013 (WHO’S WHO LEGAL, London). Fellow and Board Member, American College of Civil Trial Mediators.