AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
· Alternative Dispute Resolution
· Appellate Practice
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Pettey has represented clients in a wide variety of commercial and business litigation and arbitration matters since 1977. Mr. Pettey has tried or settled cases involving contract disputes, banking, ERISA benefits, oil and gas exploration and development, real estate, software design and development, construction, securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and other complex commercial disputes. In 2002, Mr. Pettey was selected by the American Arbitration Association to be a member of the AAA Panel of Arbitrators.
PUBLICATIONS
"Pre-Arbitration Litigation: A Contradiction in Concepts" 20 The Advocate 3 (State Bar of Texas, Spring 2001)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Dallas Bar AssociationState Bar of Texas
State Bar of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Law Clerk, Judge Walter P. Gewin, 1976-1977
American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitrators
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University of Alabama School of Law, 1976, J.D.
Washington & Lee University, 1971, B.A.
MILITARY SERVICE
Mr. Pettey served in the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant from 1971 to 1973. He served as a Platoon Leader in a Transportation Company at Long Binh, South Vietnam and as an intelligence analyst and briefing officer at MACV Headquarters in Saigon.
