Don was born in Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, Texas; also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States; the U.S. District Court in the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh, Eleventh and DC Circuits; United States Tax Court; Pro Hac Vice admissions in United States District Courts for the Middle District of Florida, the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Alabama, the District of Utah, the District of Alaska; State District Courts in St. Croix, Virgin Island, Kentucky, California and Virginia; Chancery Court, Cook County, Illinois; and District Court, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
EDUCATION: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., Accounting); The University of Texas School of Law (J.D.).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Successfully argued New Process Steel, L.P. v NLRB; Supreme Court of the United States. AUTHOR: "The Valuation Process of Closely Held Corporate Stock." Texas Bar Journal. MEMBER: State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Foundation, American Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, Austin Bar Association.
AREAS OF EMPHASIS: Commercial Litigation, Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation Law, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning, and Business Transactions.