PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Houston Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association, Litigation Section
• American Bar Association
+ Litigation Section
+ Torts and Insurance Practice Section
+ Committee on Business Torts Litigation
+ Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation
+ Committee on Litigation Management and Economics

HONORS & AWARDS

• Texas Super Lawyer – Thomson Reuters (2012–2014)

PRACTICE AREAS

• Insurance Defense
• Trucking / Transportation
• Insurance Coverage
• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
• General Civil Litigation
• Subrogation
• Adjuster Continuing Education
• Fire/Explosion

ADMISSIONS

• Texas, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991

EDUCATION

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, J.D., 1990
• Texas A&M University, B.B.A. in Finance, 1987

RECENT CASES

• Judgment notwithstanding the verdict obtained in favor of defendant product manufacturer. Upheld on appeal.
  J.N.O.V. upheld on appeal. On October 10, 2013, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant product manufacturer in a breach of warranty action. Donato, Brown & Pool served as trial and appellate counsel for defendant TAMKO Building Products, Inc.
  October 10, 2013
• The jury is in: Plaintiffs receive $1.3 million less than demanded in school bus crash case
  Plaintiffs, passengers on a bus that crashed en route to a Colorado ski trip with 46 children aboard, received a jury verdict over a million dollars less than they demanded and approximately $100,000 less than was offered prior to trial.
  August 22, 2013
• Russell Equestrian Center v. Miller
  Attorneys for Donato, Brown & Pool successfully argued that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of the plaintiff's expert and that the evidence at trial was legally insufficient to support the jury's finding of gross negligence.
  June 5, 2013