Background
Volk, Michael D. was born on July 9, 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
Volk, Michael D. was born on July 9, 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
University of Texas-El Paso (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1974). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1977). Research Editor, University of Houston Law Review, 1976-1977.
Worked at Michael Doctorate. Volk, Professional Corporation (El Paso, Texas) specializing in Medical Malpractice Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Texas. 1981, United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
District Court, Western District of Texas. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits. Member, Houston Law Review, 1976-1977.
Associate Editor, El Paso Trial Lawyers Review, 1974-1980.
Who"s Who in American Law. Speaker: Medical Malpractice Claims Against the United States, delivered to American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1984.
Products Liability: DPT Vaccine delivered to the American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1985. Pitfalls in the Federal Tort Claims Acting delivered to the Texas Trial Lawyers Association in March, 1988.
Federal Tort Claims Acting, 1988 Belli Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri.
Obstetrical and Neonatal Malpractice with Emphasis on Fetal Outcome, Medical Malpractice for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, State Bar of Texas, May, 1989. Intensive Care Nursery Malpractice, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law, April, 1992. Initial Care and Resuscitation of The Newborn, Sponsored by, Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law, April 15, 1993.
Liability Foreign Shoulder Dystocia, April l5, 1994, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law.
Negligent Interpretation of Mammograms and Life Expectancy, April 6, 1995, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law. Placental Pathology, April 11, 1996, Sponsored by Texas Technical University and Saint Mary"s University.
The Failure to Safeguard the Central Nervous System of the Immunocompromised Patient on Steriods, April 3, 1997, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law. Author: "Medical Malpractice: Obstetric and Neonatal Malpractice, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated., 1986, 2d Edition, 1996.
Company-Author, Chapter 9, "Pediatric Emergencies" and Chapter 10, "Obstetrical Emergencies" in Emergency Medicine Malpractice, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated., 1994.
Contributor, "Risk Management Techniques in Perinatal and Neonatal Practice," Futura Publishing Company, 1996. Comment, "Award of Attorneys Fees in Divorce Litigation in Texas," 13 Houston Law Review 1016, 1977. "Cross-Examination of the Medical Expert," Trial Magazine, May, 1980.
"Avoiding Frivolous Malpractice Suits," American Medical News, November 28, 1980.
"Processing and Negotiating the Military Medical Malpractice Claim," Trial Magazine, June, 1982. "What"s Wrong With the Feres Doctrine," Texas Trial Lawyers Forum, Volume 17, Number.
4, pp. 15-17, April-June, 1983.
"Computerized Medical Research," The Trial Practice Newsletter, Volume 1, Number. 3, pp. 3-4, December, 1986.
Research and Teaching Assistant in Law and Medicine, University of Houston, Bates College of Law, 1976-1977. Trustee with the Melvin Belli Society.
Member: El Paso and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas. El Paso Trial Lawyers Association of America (Director, 1979-1981). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, International Law and Treaties Committee, 1980-1982).
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, State-wide Medical Malpractice and Health Law Committee, 1985).
American College of Legal Medicine (Associate-InLaw. Member: Convocation Committee, 1984-1985. Education Committee, 1984-1985).
International Society for the Prevention of Iatrogenic Complications.
Member, Houston Law Review, 1976-1977. Associate Editor, El Paso Trial Lawyers Review, 1974-1980. Who"s Who in American Law.
Speaker: Medical Malpractice Claims Against the United States, delivered to American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1984.
Products Liability: DPT Vaccine delivered to the American College of Legal Medicine Annual Meeting, May, 1985. Pitfalls in the Federal Tort Claims Acting delivered to the Texas Trial Lawyers Association in March, 1988.
Federal Tort Claims Acting, 1988 Belli Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri. Obstetrical and Neonatal Malpractice with Emphasis on Fetal Outcome, Medical Malpractice for Lawyers and Legal Assistants, State Bar of Texas, May, 1989.
Intensive Care Nursery Malpractice, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law, April, 1992.
Initial Care and Resuscitation of The Newborn, Sponsored by, Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law, April 15, 1993. Liability Foreign Shoulder Dystocia, April l5, 1994, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law. Negligent Interpretation of Mammograms and Life Expectancy, April 6, 1995, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law.
Placental Pathology, April 11, 1996, Sponsored by Texas Technical University and Saint Mary"s University.
The Failure to Safeguard the Central Nervous System of the Immunocompromised Patient on Steriods, April 3, 1997, sponsored by Texas Technical University Law School and Saint Mary"s University School of Law.