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AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

• Commercial litigation

• Contract disputes

• Estate and probate disputes

• Intellectual property disputes

• Insurance defense

• Partnership litigation

• Patent litigation

• Product liability defense

• Tort litigation

RELATED INDUSTRIES:

• Chemical

• Financial institutions

• Industrial

• International

• Oil and gas

• Pharmaceutical

• Publishing

• Real estate

• Solid surface

• Tobacco

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell

• Top Texas Verdicts of 2010 - Contract Verdicts, Verdict Search, May 2011

• Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2003-2015

• 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century, Texas Lawyer, 2010

• Top 100 Attorneys in Texas, Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2003-2014

• San Antonio’s Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year, "Texas’ Lawyers of the Year," Texas’ Best Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Magazine, San Antonio Edition, 2011

• San Antonio’s Best Lawyers (Business Litigation), Scene in S.A., 2008

• The Best Lawyers in America,Woodward/White, 2008

• Go-To Lawyer," Texas Lawyer, 2007

• Top Commercial Litigation Lawyer, The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2006

• Top 100 Verdicts of 2006, Texas Lawyer

• International Who’s Who Business Litigation, 2004

• Top 50 Central & West Texas Region Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2004

• Litigation Management Lone Star All-Stars, Litigation Management Magazine, 2003-2014

• American Lawyer Big Suits, The American Lawyer Magazine, 1999

• National Law Journal Top Ten Litigators, 1999

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Author and Speaker at numerous Continuing Legal Education courses sponsored by the State Bar of Texas and every major law school in Texas on topics involving Evidence, Procedure, Voir Dire, Expert Witnesses, and Ethics.

• "Getting Scientific and Expert Testimony Admitted into Evidence," Evidence and Expert Testimony Best Practices: Supporting Your Case, CLE - National Business Institute, 2008

• "Strategies for Complex Civil Litigation," CLE - San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, 2008

• "Mastering PowerPoint," National Conference for the Minority Lawyer, American Bar Association, 2008

• "Demonstrative Evidence," Anatomy of Civil Trial XII, CLE - San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, 2008

• "Practical Tips on Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses," The Advocate, 2005 (co-author)

• "How To Keep the Jury's Attention: The Power of Technology to Tell The Story," Masters of Trial, CLE International, 2000

• "Special Problems in Damages: Lost Profits, Past & Future Wages, Punitives, and Pain & Suffering," Ultimate Trial Notebook, State Bar of Texas, 2000

• "New Control Plans and Limits on Discovery (Under New Rules)," University of

Houston Law Center, 1999

• "Experts Under the New Rules," Evidence & Procedure Symposium, University of Texas School of Law, 1999

• "Controlling and Reducing Discovery Costs," University of Houston Law Center, 1998

• "Creative Settlement Techniques," Advanced Civil Trial Law, State Bar of Texas, 1996

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Bar Association

• American Board of Trial Advocates

• Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law of Texas, Chairman, 2004

• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum

• Mexican-American Bar Association

• San Antonio American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench)

• San Antonio Bar Association

• State Bar of Texas

• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Foundation, Board of Directors, 2015

• Holy Cross Community Services, Inc., Board of Directors, 2015

• Voices for Children, Board of Directors, 2015

• Texas Appleseed, Board of Directors, 2014-2015

• Holy Cross of San Antonio, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015

• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of Texas, Chairman, 2004

• Northside Independent School District Gifted and Talented Program - Valued Mentor and Advocate for Gifted Education Through Independent Study Mentorship, 1993-94

• Lulac Rey Feo Scholarship Committee, Inc., Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to Program for Support Made Possible to Award the Largest Ever Number of Scholarships, August 21, 1993

JURISDICTIONS:

• State Bar of Texas Courts

• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

• United States District Court, Southern District of Texas

• United States District Court, Western District of Texas

• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• United States Supreme Court

LANGUAGES:

• English

• Spanish

EDUCATION:

• Harvard University, J.D. 1979

• Trinity University, M.S. 1976

• St. Mary's University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1974

• St. Mary's University School of Law, Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, 2011

Admitted to practice: Texas, 1979

Ricardo G. Cedillo

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