Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2018

President's Award of Merit, Texas Young Lawyers Association

2017

Top 20 Under 40, Amarillo Chamber of Commerce

2015

Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association

2015

Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association

2014

President's Award of Merit, Texas Young Lawyers Association

2008

Highest Ranking Student in Graduating Class, Baylor Law School

2008

Highest Grade - Advanced Trial Preparation, Baylor Law School

2008

Highest Grade - Secured Transactions, Baylor Law School

2008

Highest Grade - Environmental Law, Baylor Law School

2008

Highest Grade - Supreme Court Seminar, Baylor Law School

2007

Highest Grade - Oil & Gas, Baylor Law School

2007

Highest Grade - Trusts & Estates, Baylor Law School

2007

Highest Grade - Family Law, Baylor Law School

2006

Highest Grade - Property, Baylor Law School

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Work Experience

2009 - Present

Attorney, Sprouse Shrader Smith, PLLC

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Associations

2016 - Present

Amarillo Children's Home

Director

2016 - Present

Texas Young Lawyers Association

Director

2013 - Present

High Plains Food Bank

Director

2011 - Present

Amarillo South Rotary Club

Member

2011 - Present

Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association

Director

2010 - Present

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Admitted to Practice

2010 - Present

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Admitted to Practice

2009 - Present

Amarillo Bar Association

Member

2009 - Present

Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association

Member

2009 - Present

State Bar of Texas

Admitted to Practice

2009 - Present

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Admitted to Practice

2011 - 2014

Amarillo YMCA

Director

2010 - 2016

Amarillo Better Business Bureau

Director

2009 - 2015

Amarillo YMCA Youth and Government Mock Trial

Coach

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Sample of Legal Cases

Aon Risk Services Sw., Inc. v. C.L. Thomas, Inc., 2014 WL 7233379 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi Dec. 19, 2014, no pet.)

Affirmed jury verdict

Midland Farms, LLC v. U.S. Dept. of Agric., CIV 13-3029-RAL, 2014 WL 3672134 (D.S.D. July 23, 2014)

Dismissal from lawsuit

Moore v. Noble Energy, Inc., 374 S.W.3d 644, 651 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2012, no pet.)

Affirm summary judgment

Garcia v. Dickens County, 07-10-00496-CV, 2011 WL 204873, at *1 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Jan. 21, 2011, pet. denied)

Dismissal of appeal

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Education

2008

Baylor University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

2004

McMurry University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2011

Sprouse Shrader Smith Tenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar

Protecting Intellectual Property

2010

Sprouse Shrader Smith Ninth Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar

Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policies

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Publications

2016

TYLA eNews Show Me the Money: Updated DOL Regulation Increases Overtime Eligibility

2013

29th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Course Arbitration Demands and Jury Waivers: A Departure from Common Sense

2012

Bloomberg BNA, Daily Environment Report A New Day in Texas: The Implications of Day v. Edwards Aquifer Authority

2011

State Bar of Texas, 5th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course Grain and Cotton Market - Warehouse Receipts and Enforcement

2010

Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Title VII's Transgender Trajectory: An Analysis of Whether Transgender People are a Protected Class under the Term 'Sex' and Practical Implications of Inclusion

2009

Baylor Law Review Selling Blue Elephants to the Jury: Potential Application of Rule Developing Experimentation in Litigation

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Languages

English

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