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Paul is a litigator whose practice focuses on defending and prosecuting business disputes and complex litigation in federal and state court.  Paul graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.  After law school, Paul clerked for the Honorable Merrick Garland, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Since that time, Paul has been a general commercial litigator handling a wide variety of matters, first as an associate at Vinson & Elkins and later as a partner at Reeves & Brightwell.  Paul has litigated cases involving commercial fraud, class actions, contract disputes, administrative disputes, and media and first amendment issues.  Paul was recently elected into the membership of the American Law Institute.  Paul has also been selected as a Texas Monthly Texas Rising Star in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Representative Matters

• Represented and assisted client in the enforcement of its arbitration agreements in various jurisdictions including Texas, California, Oklahoma, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, and Washington state
• Lead counsel for major insurance company in civil and administrative action against a health care provider leading to a settlement
• Lead counsel, secured dismissal of federal case alleging negligence against major computer manufacturer in federal court in Florida
• Lead counsel, secured dismissal of a case in federal court involving allegation of RICO and civil rights violations, affirmed by 11^th Circuit
• Represented photomask manufacturer in breach of contract action in Pennsylvania and Texas state courts
• Represented major computer manufacturer in purported state/national class actions relating to alleged product defects
• Defended software company in copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts
• Prosecuted business fraud case involving a large commercial real estate acquisition
• Assisted in the representation of media clients in a variety of disputes including alleged violations of state and federal wiretap statutes and invasion of privacy, a contract dispute involving ownership of professional sports franchise, and other business disputes
• Successfully represented a major Texas university in a dispute involving the eligibility of a student-athlete
• Argued criminal defendant's direct appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Harvard Law Review, Editor and Supreme Court Co-Chair

The University of Texas, B.A. in psychology with highest honors, 1996

Admitted to practice:
Texas, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th, 9^th, and 11^th Circuits; U.S. District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas

Law clerk to the Honorable Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1999-2000

Assisted on Texas Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Litigation, 2001

Member, American Law Institute

Publications
The Corporate Response To Discovery: Surviving Litigation and Discovery in an Electronic Age, Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar September 21-23, 2005, Austin, Texas (Co-Authored with Tracy Holland, Dell Inc.)

Criminal Law - Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Third Circuit Holds That Volitional Impairments Can Support Claim of Diminished Mental Capacity - United States v. McBroom, 124 F.3d 533 (3rd Cir. 1997), 111 Harv. L. Rev. 1122 (1997).