| He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Sifford has served as an arbitrator in complex securities cases and disputes involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at the Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law for 20 years.
Mr. Sifford is a diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”), one of the most prestigious legal associations in the United States. In 1997, he was the national winner of Masters in Trial Award presented by ABOTA. He was also named as the Texas Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2000 by the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates. One of his most significant honors was his election to serve as the 2007 National President of ABOTA.
Mr. Sifford has been repeatedly named by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” and by Texas Monthly as one of the state’s “Super Lawyers”. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American College of Legal Medicine.
Mr. Sifford has participated in over 125 trial demonstrations in 26 states for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and ABOTA. He has served the legal profession by making Continuing Legal Education presentations for the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the University of Houston Law Center, Baylor University School of Law, the University of Texas School of Law and many others. In 1992, Mr. Sifford was selected by the American Board of Trial Advocates to participate in a trial demonstration at the University of Moscow to assist in establishing the Civil Trial Jury Institute of Russia. In 2010, Mr. Sifford was a member of the faculty of the inaugural ABOTA Trial College at Princeton University. He was also the Trial College’s accredited speaker on Ethics. A listing of trial demonstrations is available upon request.
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
- Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
HONORS AND AWARDS:
- Diplomate - ABOTA
- Fellow - American College of Trial Lawyers
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2010
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2009
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2008
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2007
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2006
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2005
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2004
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly,2003
- The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine(August 2004)
- The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (May 2003)
- The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine (May 2001)
- Texas Trial Lawyer of the Year, ABOTA, 2000
- National Masters in Trial Award, ABOTA, 1997
- Certificate of Excellence in Law Focused Education, State Bar of Texas, 1998
- Who's Who in American Law
(Fourth Edition)
- International Who's Who of Professionals
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES ELECTED TO OR HELD:
- National President, ABOTA, 2007
- National President-Elect, ABOTA, 2006
- National Vice-President, ABOTA, 2005
- National Treasurer, ABOTA, 2002 to 2005
- President, ABOTA, Texas Chapter, 1999
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, ABOTA, Texas Chapter, 1999
- Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, National Board of Directors, ABOTA, 1999
- National Board Member, ABOTA, 1995 to Present
- President, ABOTA, Dallas Chapter, 1994
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Faculty, American Bar Association/Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; National Trial Academy, National Judicial College; Reno, Nevada, 2004, 2005 and 2007
- Legal Ethics Committee, Dallas Bar Association, 1991-1992
- Arbitrator, New York Stock Exchange, Approved List of Arbitrators, 1988 - 2006
- Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, 1986 - 2006
- Instructor, Dallas Bar Association Trial Skills Course, 1985 to 1990
- Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Southern Regional Trial Program, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, 1985 to 2000
- Prosecutor, Dallas Bar Subcommittee of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1982-1991
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
- State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American College of Legal Medicine
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- United States Tax Court
- Supreme Court, State of Texas
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
- Over 125 trial demonstrations, seminars and publications since 1987
- List available upon request
EDUCATION:
- Baylor University, Waco, Texas, B.A., 1971
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, J.D., 1972
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