Service to the Bar
State Bar of Texas
- Chair, Board of Directors, 2006-2007
- Board of Directors, 2004-2008
- Executive Committee, 2006-2008
- Chair, Policy Manual Subcommittee, 2005-2006
- Chair, Facilities & Equipment Subcommittee, 2005-2006
- Co-chair, Nominations and Elections Subcommittee, 2007-2008
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Trustee, 2007-2010
- Chair, Grant Review Committee, 2008-2010
- Executive Committee, 2009-2010
- Fellow
- Frequent speaker on Negotiation and Mediation
Jefferson County Bar Association
- Served in every office; President, 1998
Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association, Treasurer
- Chair, statewide committee on providing legal services information to the needy
Honors from the Bar
- SBOT Presidential Citation, 2006
- SBOT Certificate of Merit, 2009
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Best Lawyers in America
- Texas Super Lawyer, 2004-2009
Community Service
- President, Humane Society of Southeast Texas
- City of Beaumont Planning and Zoning Commission
- Citizens Advisory Board, City of Beaumont
- Board of Directors, Beaumont YMCA
- Historic Preservation Commission, City of Beaumont
- President, Land Manor (organization operates multiple facilities for abused women, recovering individuals, and youths)
- Board of Governors, American Contract Bridge League
- President, Sabine-Neches Unit, American Contract Bridge League
Education
- J.D., Summa Cum Laude, Texas Tech School of Law, 1980 – Order of the Coif; Casenote Editor, Texas Tech Law Review; seven American Jurisprudence Awards
- B.A. (History), University of Texas at El Paso, 1977