Admitted
1973, Texas, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Houston, B.A., 1970; American University
Memberships
State Bar of Texas (Chair, Anti-Trust and Business Litigation Section, 1996-1997); Corpus Christi and American (Former Member, Committee on Federal Judiciary) Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit (Member, Board of Governors); American Board of Trial Advocates; Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Chairman, 1994-1996); Texas-Mexico Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1994-1997). Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer, Nueces County Bar Association, 1982. Author: De Jure Segregation of Chicanos in Texas Schools, 7 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 307, 1972. Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston, School of Law, 1975-1976. District Judge, 347th Judicial District, Nueces County, Texas, 1983-1985. Member, Texas Board of Law Examiners, 2001—.Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)