"I joined Litchford & Christopher in March 1993 after having spent two years as a litigation associate in the Dallas office of an international law firm, and almost five years as a litigation associate in a large Washington, D.C. law firm. At those firms, opportunities for repeated client contact and courtroom experience were limited. At Litchford & Christopher, however, I was given immediate substantive responsibility for significant pieces of litigation. For example, within my first month at the firm, I had taken and defended depositions of key witnesses, including experts, in a million dollar civil rights case against which the firm was defending its client in federal court, prepared motions in limine and the trial brief for that same case, and examined several witnesses at the trial of the case. A defense verdict was rendered by the jury after one-half hour of deliberations.

In parallel with the civil rights litigation, I was given front-line responsibility representing the plaintiff in an antitrust action against numerous defendants - a case that was tried in federal court in the Fall of 1993. Among other things, I prepared and opposed motions for summary judgment, prepared all necessary pretrial motions and briefs, participated in court-ordered mediation, prepared witnesses for trial, and examined and cross-examined numerous witnesses at trial.

From then until now, my work at Litchford & Christopher has been equally sophisticated and challenging, and has run the gamut of legal tasks from researching intricate legal issues to arguing an appeal in a $28 million case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In general, I routinely prepare and argue a variety of motions, including dispositive motions, in both state and federal court, take and defend depositions, counsel clients on litigation strategies, participate in pretrial preparation activities, trials, and alternative dispute resolution sessions, and research and prepare state and federal court appellate briefs."