Outsourcing

• Represented governmental entity in outsourcing all lottery operations, involving aggregated payments of approximately $1 billion to the vendor 
• Represented an international retail energy company in a $300 million business process outsourcing related to call center, billings, collections and other back office functions
• Represented a public hospital system in a an IT sourcing valued at $150 million and in successfully resolving a related bid protest
• Represented a vendor in a public private partnership arrangement with a state agency, under which the vendor would develop and operate a state government portal (and call center and help desk) for citizen government interactions
• Represented a vendor in its bid for a billion dollar business process outsourcing for a state agency
• Represented energy company in $80 million business process outsourcing arrangement
• Represented a large public hospital system in sourcing a central pharmacy operation as well as its dietary services
• Represented $10 billion private company in HR related sourcing
• Represented a large healthcare provider in an HR related sourcing
• Represented managed services firm in creation of national electronic filing program for state and local courts

Licensing and Technology Arrangements

• Represented Fortune 100 client on a $120 million software development project
• Represented clients in connection with transactions on with Transora, WWRE and other supply chain ventures
• Represented B2B providers with legal issues associated with establishing and operating their websites
• Represented telecommunication software company in the purchase of operation support system assets of a major Canadian telecommunication equipment maker
• Represented Canadian telecommunication software company in connection with Agreement to provide video on demand (VOD) services to large telecommunication companies in Austria and Italy
• Represented technology company in various data licensing transactions hardware and automotive industries
• Represented technology company in various ASP arrangements in construction industry

Privacy and Security

• Assisted a $10 billion retail entity in establishing a compliance office to oversee compliance with HIPAA and Gramm Leach Bliley privacy and security requirements
• Assisted client in the creation of registration authorities, certificate practice statements, certificate policies and relying party agreements for an industry wide authentication mechanism
• Advised healthcare entity on authentication issues under California and federal law
• Lead the security practice of a fifty member healthcare entity consortium
• Advised a major west coast computer manufacturer on security issues and assisted in the development of forms for its security consulting business
• Developed manual of security policy and procedure templates
• Represented Fortune 100 client with privacy and security issues associated with establishing a website to perform a $40 billion loan syndication online

Representative Technical Experience

• Network administration, including creation, control and maintenance of the access control mechanisms, and creation, control and maintenance of a trusted host network security mechanism, on a TCP/IP network
• Designed and developed I/O subsystem of microkernel operating system intended for use on thin client computer systems
• Debugged, ported, and maintained device drivers which implemented to lowest layers of the TCP/IP protocol, including ethernet and token ring device drivers
• Designed and developed of distributed system based upon the hypercube concept on a network of Sun workstations, which utilized the TCP/IP protocol to monitor the status of workstations in the network and to distribute work across the network
• Designed and developed communications device drivers for the AIX (Unix) operating system
• Familiarity with encryption and other security issues

• Member:  American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society; Public Affairs Committee, Dallas Chamber of Commerce Technology Business Council
• Advisory Board: The Healthcare Outsourcing Congress; The Institute for Law and Technology
• Listed: Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers in technology and IT outsourcing law, 2003-2006; The Best Lawyers in America in cyber law, 2005, in information technology law and technology law, 2006 and 2007; "Texas Rising Star" in intellectual property law, Texas Monthly, 2004-2006; "Top Lawyer," IP Law & Business, 2006; Lawdragon 500, 2006; Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyer in America, 2006
• Author:  "Special Member HIPAA Briefing Collection:  Section IV—Security Standards," American Health Lawyers Association, October, 2004
• Presenter: "Choosing What to Outsource and Selecting the Best Provider," Third Annual Healthcare Outsourcing Congress, Reston, Virginia, April 19-20, 2004; "Special Considerations for Business Process Outsourcing Transactions," Lorman Education Services, Nashville, Tennessee, June 3-4, 2004; "Structuring and Negotiating Outsourcing Agreements," World Research Group, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2004
• Co-Author: "The Impact of Computer Security Regulation on American Companies," Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Symposium 2002
• Panel Member: "Drafting and Implementing Effective Security Policies and Procedures," Technology and Health - American Health Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA, October 16-17, 2003; "The Emerging Law of Internet Privacy," Marketing Products on the Internet - National Institute, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 2000; Co-Chair, "Doing Business Online," Dallas, Texas, September 7-8, 2000; "The Law of Cyberspace," Law Conference 2000 - Distribution & Partnering in the Age of Convergence, San Antonio, Texas, May 10-11, 2000; In-house presentations to clients re HIPAA and Internet privacy issues

• West Virginia University, B.S. in computer science summa cum laude, 1986
• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1997 (Associate Editor, Texas Law Review; Order of the Coif)
• Admitted to practice: Texas, 1997