He is the 2009 Chair of the Dallas Bar’s Sports & Entertainment Law Section. Mike and his wife Susan man Farris Literary Agency, Inc., in Dallas, Texas. As an agent, Mike placed several award-winning novels for publication, including Balaam Gimble's GUMPTION by Mike Nichols, winner of the 2004 Texas Institute of Letters John Bloom Humor Award, and DREAMS TO DUST: A TALE OF THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH by Sheldon Russell, winner of the 2006 Langum Prize for Excellence in American Historical Fiction.Author website at http://sites.google.com/site/