A former law clerk to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Mr. Gerald Birnberg is admitted to practice (and has actually appeared) before six federal circuits (the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits). In addition, Mr. Birnberg has been a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States for more than 40 years, and has argued cases before that Court twice and participated in preparation of plenary briefs and arguments before the Court in five other cases, as well as authoring several Petitions for a Writ of Certiorari or Oppositions thereto filed in that Court. Mr. Birnberg is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has argued cases or filed briefs in more than 100 state and federal appellate cases. He also teaches a course on Recent Supreme Court Cases at South Texas College of Law.