Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  Privacy Reigns: HIPAA Affects Access, Decision-Making and Guardianship Practice, 2003 Institute of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  An Epistemological Look at the Standard of Proof for Future Danger Predictions under the Texas Capital Sentencing Scheme, American Journal of Criminal Law 41:3
• Wrongful Death
• Fraud
• White Collar Crimes
  Co-Author, Tippee Insider Trading After Newman and Salman: Why Knowledge is Not Always Your Friend, American Bar Association White Collar Crime Committee Newsletter
• Theft
• Misdemeanors
  Financial Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Dark(er) Side of Insolvency Proceedings, Tarrant County Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, Fort Worth, Texas
• Identity Theft
• Restraining Order
• Internet Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  The Perfect Storm Swirling Around Executive Compensation and the Related Corporate Governance Changes, Co-Author, The Lawyer's Brief
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  An Overview of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States (Presentation to Delegation of Executives from Weifang, Shandong Province, China) – Winstead offices at Houston, Texas
• Business Disputes
  • Author, The New Asset-Level Disclosure Requirement: How it Will Affect the ABS Market, USC Business Law Advisor, Vol. V
• Business Transactions
• Limited Liability Companies
  The Benefits of Combining Family Trusts with Limited Partnership or Limited Liability Companies, Co-authored with Steven B. Gorin, E-Dirt (2001, Vol. II, Issue 3)
• Construction Contracts
  Down and Dirty Agreements – Design and Construction Contracts for Small Projects, 23rd Annual Construction Law Conference, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Author, "Joint, Divided, and Induced Patent Infringement after Akamai and McKesson," Manuscript for Defense Research Institute (DRI) Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
• Unfair Competition
  The Changing Landscape of Aiding and Abetting Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims, American Bar Association Business Torts and Unfair Competition Journal
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Worker's Compensation Insurance, Chapter 22 of Doing Business in Texas - A Guide for Foreign Investors Doing Business in the Lone Star State
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
• Non-compete Agreement
  Federal court in Texas finds that parent company has standing to assert claims on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary for breach of noncompete agreement between wholly owned subsidiary and former employee of wholly owned subsidiary, The Workplace Legal

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Seven Thousand Feet Under: Does Drilling Disturb the Dead? Or Does Drilling Underneath The Dead Disturb the Living? An Analysis of Various Laws Concerning Drilling to Extract Oil and Gas Underneath Cemeteries. West’s Real Estate Law Journal, Vol 43, No 2
• Premises Liability
  Naturally Occurring Ice That Accumulates Without The Assistance Or Involvement Of Unnatural Contact Is Not An Unreasonably Dangerous Condition Sufficient To Support A Premises Liability Claim, Legal Insights, Chartis
• Construction Litigation
  Mark C. Guthrie and Emily M. Herbster, "Selected Current Topics in Public Construction Law for Counties and Local Governmental Entities"
• Real Estate Transactions
  First Supplement to Mold: Steps Toward Clarity - Report of the Task Force on Mold Issues in Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Mortgage Bankers Association of America (principal author; in press 2007)
• Eminent Domain
  Denbury Green II: No Naked Assertions Enable Eminent Domain, The Harry Reed Inst. of Oil & Gas at STCL Energy Newsl., Spring 2017, at 10, Christopher Robertson & Jonathan Vargo
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Land Use and Zoning: Production issues affected by urban sprawl, prepared for University of Houston Law Foundation Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, Co-Authored with Jeffrey C. King
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Assignment and Subletting:  Balancing Landlord and Tenant Desires (with Forms and Sample Provisions), State Bar of Texas – Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course
• Condominium Law
  The Sky’s the Limit: High-Rise, Mixed-Use and Other Condominium Development Mean Big Opportunities for Texas Lenders, Texas Bar Journal

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Health Law

• Personal Injury

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  I Could Tell You but Then I’d Have to Kill You—Privileges in the Estate Planning Context, 24 ALI CLE Est. Plan. C. Mat’ls J. 19 (2018)
• Trusts
  Self-Employed or Not at All: Passive Investor Income Is Not Always Subject to SECA Tax, The Estate Planner (Trusts & Estates)
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Why the UK is Not Ready to DIP – Including Some Salutary Lessons from Across the Pond, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2017, Vol. 26 Issue 5, 525-538 (Co-Author)
• Foreclosure
  Taxation of Foreclosure, Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure and Abandonments, Chapter 17 of Texas Foreclosure Law and Practice, McGraw-Hill, 1984; West Group, 2nd Edition (co-authored by W. Mike Baggett)
• Tax Law
  TIGTA Report, Improvements are Needed in the Estate and Gift Tax Return Examination Process, Presenter, ABA Tax Litigation and Controversy Committee Teleconference
• Debt Collection
  Author and Presenter, Federal and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Pre-Suit Collection Strategy, National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Seminar