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CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

JOHN G. BROWNINGisa partnerat LewisBrisbois Bisgaard &Smith, inthe Dallas

office, where he handles civil litigation in state and federal courts in areas ranging from

employment and intellectual property to commercial cases and defense of products

liability, professional liability, and general negligence matters. He has extensive trial,

arbitration, and summary judgment experience, and has represented both employers

and employees in a wide variety of industries in non-compete and unfair competition

cases throughout Texas and on a pro hac vice basis in other jurisdictions. Mr. Browning

received his B.A. degree with general and departmental honors from Rutgers University

in 1986, where he was a National Merit Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He

receivedhisJ.D.degreefromtheUniversityofTexasSchoolofLawin1989.He israted

“AV” by Martindale - Hubbell. Mr. Browning’s work has appeared in the Texas Bar

Journal, the Corporate Counsel Law Review,and other publications. He is a frequent

speaker on issues affecting business for bar associations and industry groups.

Mr.Browningreceived theBurton AwardforDistinguishedAchievement inLegal Writingin 2009and again in

2010. Mr. Browning has written the Supplement to Chapter 32, Protection of Business Interests, since 2003.

STEVEN E. CLARK was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1978, and has practiced in

Dallassince1980.Hegraduatedfromthe UniversityofHoustonwithaBachelorofArtsin 

1974,andreceivedhisJurisDoctor fromtheUniversityofHoustonin1977. Inlawschool,

Mr.ClarkwasamemberoftheOrder oftheBarons,alegalhonor society(top10%).After

graduatingfromlawschool,Mr.Clarkclerkedfortwo yearsasastaffattorneyfortheFifth 

Circuit Court ofAppeals in New Orleans. Mr. Clark has been admitted to practice law

before all state courts in Texas and before the United States district courts for the Northern,

Eastern,SouthernandWesterndistrictsofTexas,theFifthCircuitCourtofAppealsandthe

United States Supreme Court. He has published numerous professional articles and spoken

in the field of labor and employment law. A list of articles and speaking engagements can

befoundathiswebsite,www.dfwlaborlaw.com.HeisthefounderoftheClark FirmPLLC

andcanbecontacted byemailat sclark@dfwlaborlaw.com,orbycallinghis officeat214-

890-4066.Mr.Clarkisamemberofthelitigation,laborandemployment,andsolo andsmallfirmsectionsoftheDallas,

Texas State Bar and American Bar Associations. Mr. Clark has business and litigation experience in state and federal

courtsin controversiesi nvolvingbusiness andtort matters, employmentlaw issues, includingthe Fair LaborStandard

Act audits, leave and benefits, trade secrets, covenants not to compete and protection of confidential information. He is

AV-ratedin labor and employment law by Martindale-Hubbell. He has also been a TexasSuperLawyer in labor and

employmentlaw since2011, andis listedin theTexasLegal Directory andMartindale-Hubbell. Mr.Clark haswritten

thesupplement toChapter 25,Family andMedical LeaveActsince 2003. Heis alsothe authorof TexasEmployment

LawForms,publishedbyALM-TexasLawyer.

R. ROGGE DUNN litigates complex employment, business, and partnership

disputes throughout the country and has tried cases to a jury verdict in four states.

Mr.Dunnisoneof only25attorneys inTexaswhoisBoardCertified inbothLabor

andEmploymentLawandCivilTrialLaw.

Although approximately two-thirds of his practice involves representing

corporatedefendants,Mr.Dunnhaswon settlementsandjudgmentsthat havenetted

more than $200 million for his plaintiff clients, including million dollar jury verdicts

inTexasandLouisiana.Twoofhisclosing argumentswererecordedfor theMillion

DollarArguments audio tape series. He has also netted more than $70 million in

settlements, judgments and severance for executives.