Admitted
1964, Arkansas; 1974, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
Law School
University of Arkansas, J.D., 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
Henderson State University
Memberships
Texarkana (President, 1996-1997), Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas, Arkansas (Sustaining Member) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; College of State Bar of Texas; Bar Association for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (President, 2000-2001); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Biographical
Delta Theta Phi. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in each edition since 1991. City Attorney, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1965-1967. Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 1967-1970. Special Chief Justice, 1976 and Special Associate Justice, 1980, Arkansas Supreme Court. Member, Arkansas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 1978-1982. Member, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, 1983-1989. Member, Board of Visitors, University of Arkansas Law School, 1992-2000. Sustaining Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Fellow: Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates. Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy