Since February 2022, Bruce has first chaired nine medical malpractice trials in Bexar, Nueces, Travis and Val Verde County, Texas. Having been “grounded” during the Covid pandemic, he has enjoyed returning to the courtroom and looks forward to trying many more cases.

Bruce is a Diplomate with the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) having tried over a hundred cases to verdict in virtually every part of Texas. His practice focuses predominantly in the area of medical malpractice litigation; however, he has also tried many cases involving personal injury and handles commercial litigation. Since 2003 he has served as an adjunct professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law teaching the Medical Malpractice Litigation course. Over the last 30 years Bruce has practiced primarily in Central and South Texas and has tried a number of dangerous medical malpractice cases in Laredo, winning almost all of them. Bruce also had the unique experience of receiving two unanimous defense verdicts in the same week.

After completing his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Missouri, at Columbia, and a brief stint in the United States Navy, Bruce earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia School of Law. He served on the school’s Law Review and was awarded the American Jurisprudence Prize in Constitutional Law, the Judge Roy W. Harper Prize for Best Work in Federal Courts, and the Russell Castile Scholarship.

Bruce was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1975 and clerked for a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals from 1975 – 1976. Thereafter, he served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal, Anti-Trust and Administrative Law Divisions of the Office of the Missouri Attorney General. When his wife Cheryl completed her Ph.D. and was offered a position at the University of Texas in Austin, Bruce moved his practice to support her career. She reciprocated in 1990 when he received an offer to practice with George Brin in San Antonio. Dr. Anderson then joined the University of the Incarnate Word where she served as a Professor and as Dean of the School of Media and Design and Dean of the UIW Library. In 2023 Bruce formed the law firm of Mimari, Anderson, Cilfone & Watkins, PLLC. where he continues to represent clients in medical malpractice and personal injury cases throughout the State of Texas.

Bruce and Cheryl met at the University of Missouri and have been married for 55 years. They both enjoy travelling and spending as much time as they can with their grandson.

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