Tom Stilwell - Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1994
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Journal: Houston Journal of International Law, Managing Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Texas, 1991
    B.A. Economics

Past Positions

• BakerHostetler LLP – partner – 2010-2017
• Eversheds Sutherland – partner – 2007-2010
• Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Norton Rose) – partner – 1994 – 2007

Published Works

Articles

• Keep Calm & Fly On – Your Essential Guide to the Air Carrier Access Act, SMU Airlaw Conference (2015)
  
• GARA: The General Aviation Act of 1994, SMU Airlaw Conference (2007)
  
• Warning: You May Possess Continuing Duties After the Sale of Your Product! (An Evaluation of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability’s Treatment of Post Sale Duties – Texas Review of Litigation vol. 26, p. 1035 (2007)
  
• Correcting Errors: Imperfect Awards in Texas Arbitration – Baylor Law Review Vol. 58, p. 467 (2006)
  
• Choice of Law in International Arbitration, Ch 7, published in “International Litigation: Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts.” (2004)
  
• Kumho Tire: The Battle of the Experts Continues – Texas Review of Litigation Vol.19, p. 193 (2000)
• Monitoring the Opinions of Biochemists & Beekeepers: The Application of Daubert & Robinson to Engineering Witnesses in Texas – Baylor Law Review Vol. 51, p. 95 (1999)
• Standards Governing the Recovery of Mental Anguish Damages Under Texas Law – South Texas Law Review Vol 39, Issue 1 (1997)

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1998
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2000
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2014

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association
• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Area Women’s Center – Former Board Member