• Southern Illinois University School of Law, J.D., 1997
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, B.A., Political Science, 1993

Law School Achievements

• Member of Phi Delta Phi, an International Legal Fraternity
• Dean's List
• Managing Editor, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 1996-1997
• Member, Executive Board of Editors, Southern Illinois University Law Journal & Journal of Legal Medicine, 1996-1997
• Published: "Personal Goodwill in Illinois," 21 S. Ill. U. L. J. 335 (1997)
• Listed in Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1995-1997

Admissions

• Admitted to the State Bar of Texas
• United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States

Prior Employment

• Staff Attorney, Fourteenth District Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, 1998-2000
• Law Clerk, Hon. Robert S. Barney, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1997-1998

Memberships

• Columnist, The Appellate Advocate, State Bar of Texas, 2002-Present
• Member of the State Bar of Texas (Member, Appellate Section)
• Corpus Christi Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

Community Involvement

• Member on Board of Directors of The First Tee® of Corpus Christi, 2005-_____.