Admitted
1964, Texas; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Law School
University of Texas, LL.B., 1964
Law School Graduation Year
1964
Memberships
Houston, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; The College of the State Bar of Texas; National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys.
Biographical
Special Agent and Legal Advisor, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1965-1968. Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, Texas, 1969-1976. Chief Prosecutor and Special Crimes Division, Harris County District Attorney's Office, 1972-1976. Assistant U. S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas, 1976-1985. Chief: Narcotics Division, 1976-1978; Public Integrity Division, 1978-1980; Fraud Division, 1980-1985. Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, 1980-1985. Recipient, Director's Award for Superior Performance, Executive Office of United States Attorneys, 1985. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1990-1993. Chair, Merit Selection Panel for U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1990. Chair, Federal Practice Section, Houston Bar Association, 1992-1993. Adjunct Faculty, University of Texas Law School Trial Advocacy Seminars, 1985-1994, and 2002. Speaker: State Bar of Texas Practice Skills Courses, 1976-1978, 1984; Federal Criminal Law Seminars, Department of Justice, 1983-1984, 1990-1992 and Houston Bar Association, 1988, 1990-1992, 1998, 1999; State Bar of Texas Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, 1992; American Bar Association Annual White Collar Crime Seminar, 1993, 1995; State Bar of Texas Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1994; White Collar Crime, South Texas College of Law, 1998-1999; White Collar Crime, State Bar of Texas, 2002-2003.