Gregory M. Cokinos

• Member, American Bar Association (Sections: Construction Industry, Tort and Insurance Practice, Litigation, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Entertainment and Sports Industry)
• Member, State Bar of Texas (Sections: Litigation, Construction Law, Business and Real Estate Law, Entertainment and Sports)
• Editor, Construction Law Section Newsletter, State Bar of Texas (1997-2003)
• Editor, Construction Law Journal, State Bar of Texas (2003-present)
• Panel Chair, State Bar of Texas 4D Grievance Committee
• Fellow, Houston Bar Association (Sections: Litigation, Construction Law, Business Law, Real Estate, Oil and Gas Law)
• Director of Nominating Committee, Construction Law Section, Houston Bar Association (1989)
• Council Member, Construction Law Section, Houston Bar Association (1991)
• Member, American Arbitration Association
• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Sustaining Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Fellow, College of State Bar of Texas
• Former Council Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association, Houston Chapter
• Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• Member, Texas A&M Bar Association
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Member, Texas Trial Lawyers Association

ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry

• Editor: Construction Law Journal, Volume 1, No. 1 (Spring 2003) through Volume 7, No. 1 (Fall 2009)

Speeches, Panel Discussions, Seminars

• “Tips from the Bench” – moderated a penel of Judges before the attendees of the 2010 Construction Law Conference in San Antonio, TX.
• “The Dirty dozen: Twelve Things You Should Know Regarding Construction Law” – Houston Bar Association (2009)
• Short Course on International Energy Law, Contracts and Negotiations – Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Houston, Texas (2006-2009)
• “AIA Contracts in Texas” – Lorman Education Services (2004)
• “Terminating a Subcontractor: Pitfalls and Pratfalls” – 16th Annual Construction Law Conference, Dallas, Texas (2003)
• “Consequential and Similar Damage Claims and Application of the Economic Loss Rule” – 12th Annual Construction Law Conference, Dallas, Texas (1999)
• “Foremost Legal Issues Facing Contractors” – American Concrete Institute, Spring Convention, Houston, Texas (1998)
• “The Texas ‘Economic Loss’ Rule and “Contorts”, Separating Tort from Contract” – Defense Research Institute, Construction Law Seminar, San Antonio, Texas (1998)
• “The ‘Contorted Contract’ and Use of the Texas ‘Economic Loss’ Rule to Dis-Tort the Con-Tort” – 10th Annual Construction Law Conference, Austin, Texas (1997)
• Liability Issues Regarding Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Energy Seminar – American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (1996-97)
• “Builder Risk Insurance” – 6th Annual Construction Law Conference, Austin, Texas (1993)

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court, Western District of Texas
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas

• Member, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Greater Houston Chapter
• Member, Associated General Contractors of America, Houston Chapter
• Member, Associated General Contractors of America, Texas Building Branch, Legislative Committee
• Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Houston Contractors Association
• Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Houston Chapter
• Member, Rice Design Group Alliance
• President, 12th Man Foundation, Texas A&M University (2006)
• Board Member, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (1986-1992)