Litigation Skills Faculty

Litigation Skills Program
Faculty, Administration, and Staff

The Litigation Skills Program's courses are taught by some of the top litigators and judges in the Houston area. Some fifty practitioners and judges take part each year in assisting in the teaching of our courses.

• Je'Anna Abbott: Professor, Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston
• Fields Alexander: Beck Redden Secrest, L.L.P.
• Brian Antweil: Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
  
• Michael Bennett: Baker Botts, L.L.P.
• Honorable Jeffrey Brown: 55th District Court, Harris County
• John Buckley, Jr.: Greer, Herz and Adams, L.L.P.
• Honorable Jack Cagle: Harris County Civil Court at Law
• Keith Calcote: Cook and Roach, L.L.P.
• Deborah Jo Catlett: Deborah Jo Catlett and Associates
• Michael Clark
• Sean Cox: Cook and Roach, L.L.P.
• Sharon Cullen: Comon Ground - The Mediation Firm
• David P. Cunningham: Law Office of David P. Cunningham.
• Willie "Bill" Daw: Daw and Ray, P.C.
• Jeff Diamont: Ware, Jackson, Lee and Chambers, L.L.P.
• Honorable Grant Dorfman: 129th District Court, Harris County
• Robert Dubose: Cook & Roach, L.L.P.
• Andrew Eidson: Bracewell and Patterson, L.L.P.
• Honorable David Farr: Associate Judge, 257th Distrcit Court
• Kathleen Gallagher: Vinson and Elkins, L.L.P.
• Mark Goranson: Law Offices of Mark D. Goranson
• Honorable George Hanks: 1st Court of Appeals
• Warren Harris: Law Office of Warren Harris
• Kevin Hedges: Law Offices of Kevin Hedges
• Honorable Belinda Hill: 230^th District Court
• James Hippard, Jr.: Law Offices of James Hippard
• Peter T. Hoffman: Professor of Law and Neibel Chair in Law, Director, Litigation Skills Program, Director, Newell Blakely Institute
• Sharon Hormann: Law Offices of Sharon Hormann
• Jackie Houlette: Bierne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
• Gaynelle Griffin Jones: Associate Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Daniel Kasprzak: Johnson, Finkel, De Luca and Kennedy, P.C.
• Douglas E. Koger: Law Offices of Douglas E. Koger
• Jim Lawrence: Director, Student Competitions, University of Houston
• Karen Lukin: General Counsel, Farmers Insurance Co.
• Carol Jean Minck: Edwards and Associates, L.L.P.
• Michael Morfey: Andrews and Kurth, L.L.P.
• Merle Morris: Co-Director, Legal Analysis, Research and Communications, University of Houston
• George Murphy: Law Offices of George Murphy
• Brent Newton: Assistant Federal Public Defender
• Honorable Bruce Oakley: 234th District Court, Harris County
• Robert O'Conner: Cotham, Harwell and Evans
• Eileen O'Neil: Steidley and O'Neil Law Firm
• Dion Ramos: The Ramos Law Firm
• Randy Roach: Cook and Roach, L.L.P.
• Tim Riley: Riley Law Firm
• Deanna Smith: Ebanks, Smith and Carlson, L.L.P.
• Jeff Steidley: Steidley and O'Neil Law Firm
• Stephanie Sullivan: In-House Litigator, El Paso Corporation
• Thomas C. Valentine, Jr.: Daw and Ray, P.C.
• Honorable Ken Wise: 152nd District Court, Harris County

Administration and Staff

Professor Peter T. Hoffman
Professor of Law and Neibel Chair in Law, Director, Litigation Skills Program, Director, Newell Blakely Institute.
713-743-2546
phoffman@central.uh.edu

Jim Lawrence
Director, Student Competitions
713-743-2067
jelawrence@.uh.edu

Robyn Pietsch
713-743-2066
rpietsch@uh.edu

Or Judy A. clark
713-743-2065