Todd is an active author and speaker on appellate-related
topics.  Among other subjects, he has instructed lawyers on
how to prepare briefs, challenges to expert witnesses, and
developments in punitive damages law.  His articles include:

  • A Matter of Contract:  Toward Privatized Appellate
    Review of Arbitration Awards, Austin Business District
    Magazine (May/June 2006) (link)

  • Superseding Punitive Damages on Appeal:  Does the
    House Bill 4 Exclusion Apply to Federal Court
    Judgments?, The Appellate Advocate (Spring 2006) (link)

  • Texas Supreme Court Applies "Direct Benefits Estoppel"
    to Require Arbitration of Personal Injury Claim Brought
    by Nonparty to Contract, Fulbright & Jaworski Appellate
    Alert (November 2005) (link)

  • Preservation of Error: Pretrial and Trial, State Bar of
    Texas, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course,
    Appellate Boot Camp (September 2004) (link)

  • The New Rules on Appeals: Interlocutory Appeals and
    Stays, Conflicts Jurisdiction, Appeal Bonds, and Interest
    Rates, The University of Texas School of Law, Law
    Practice After HB4: What Every Practitioner Needs to
    Know (August 2003) (link)

  • The Emergency Appellate Practitioner, State Bar of
    Texas, Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course
    (September 2002) (link)
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