DRI Faculty List

Pump the Brakes: Going Back to the Basics of Trucking Law Webinar

March 24, 2021


Michael H. (Mike) Bassett
Senior Partner
The Bassett Firm

Michael H. (Mike) Bassett, Senior Partner at The Bassett Firm, was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 26, 1961. Admitted to bar, 1987, Texas, U.S. District Courts for Texas; Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts. "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Education: University of Texas El Paso (B.B.A. [dual majors], cum laude 1984); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., with distinction 1987). Articles Editor, St Mary's University Law Journal, 1986-1987; John Harlan Society; Briefing Attorney, Justice Ted Z. Robertson, Texas Supreme Court, 1987-1988. Certified Mediator and Neutral. Member: American Bar Association (Member of Litigation Section), Dallas Bar Association, Defense Research Institute (DRI), DRI Transportation Committee (Trucking Sub-Committee), American Trucking Association, and American Transportation Lawyers Association. Areas of Practice: Transportation Litigation, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Professional Liability, and Employment Litigation.


Whitney Lay Greene
Senior Associate
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP

Whitney Lay Greene is a Partner of Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP, and has extensive experience practicing in the area of transportation/trucking law. Although Whitney prides herself on her ability to assist clients with matters large and small, she focuses her practice on cases with complex liability and medical causation issues, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. Whitney is involved in her firm's transportation industry group, is a member of the DRI Trucking Law Committee's Steering Committee, and serves as a Commercial Transportation and Litigation Vice Chair to the American Bar Association's Tort and Insurance Practice Section.