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Attorney at Law: Admitted to the State Bar of Texas on
October 21, 1975
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Member, Houston Bar Association
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Member, National Bar Association
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Currently in private practice with six other lawyers
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Certified Family Law Mediator, Texas Association of
Mediators, 1995
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Associate Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board
of Directors, 1994
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Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
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Member, Board of Disciplinary Appeals, State Bar of Texas,
1991-1993
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Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Houston,
1979-1992
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Visiting Associate Judge, 311th District Court,
Harris County, TX
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Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, J.D., 1975
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Received scholarship from the Earl Warren Legal Training
Program and the Ford Foundation
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Received an American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence
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Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS, B.A., 1972
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Brown University, Providence, RI, exchange student
1970-1971
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President’s Special Recognition for Meritorious Service
while on the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 1993
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Alumnus of the Year, Houston Chapter, Tougaloo College,
National Alumni Association, 1991
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Presidential Citation, National Association for Equal
Opportunity in Higher Education, 1988
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Outstanding Leadership, President of Houston Lawyers
Association, 1987
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Outstanding Young Men of America, 1978
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Presented paper on New Joint Managing Conservatorship
Legislation on Custody Litigation, 1996
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Served as panelist and presented on Grandparent Access at
National Bar Association Convention, 1989
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Served as panelist and presented on How to Prepare and Win
a Child Custody Case, 1987
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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Member, St. James United Methodist Church
