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Ed is an Of Counsel with Coats Rose. Before joining the firm in 2000, he managed his own six-lawyer litigation firm for five years, after having worked at the Houston firms of Bracewell & Patterson and McFall, Sherwood & Sheehy.
He has appeared and tried cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration panels, in twelve states over the last twenty-three years. He has provided litigation management for regional and national clients over large multi-case dockets, and over complex, multi-jurisdiction litigation spanning courts in the United States and Europe. As part of Ed's work, he served on a national steering committee of defense lawyers in major mass products-liability litigation. He is also a qualified mediator.
Practice Emphasis
Ed practices in the areas of commercial, construction, and product-liability litigation, with an emphasis on management of complex litigation and coordination of multi-case dockets for clients.
Education
Rockford College (B.A., History, 1980)
Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1983)
Admitted
1983, Texas
1986, Illinois
1987, District of Columbia
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth and Tenth Districts
U.S. Tax Court
Federal Court of Claims
U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
Affiliations
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
D. C. Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation | 