U.S. Supreme Court, Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, District of Kansas, and Western District of Missouri
Supreme Court of Kansas, 1971; Supreme Court of Missouri, 1971; Supreme Court of Texas, 1987
EDUCATION
University of Kansas School of Law, JD, December 1970. Kansas Law Review
University of Kansas, BS, Business Administration, June 1968
MEDIATION AND OTHER TRAINING
Basic Mediation Training, Civil Law and Advanced Mediation Training, Family Law. A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center
Advanced Attorney – Mediator Training – “Tricks of the Trade.” November 10, 2006
Annual Meeting and Advanced Attorney – Mediator Training. March 23-24, 2007
Advanced Attorney – Mediator Training: May, 2007, April, 2008, November 2012, and April 2013. Houston Bar Association, ADR Conference, May 2013, May 2014
Houston Bar Association – ADR Section CLE, Mediation in the County Courts a year after the Expedited Trial Rule became Law, April 2014
Speaker – Mediation Strategies for the Advocate, Katy Bar Association, April 2014
Speaker – Assisting your Attorney in Mediation, Houston Association of Legal Professionals, September 2014
Advanced Attorney-Mediator Training: November 2007. March 2009. September 2010. January 2011. September 2011. September 2015. April 2016. September 2016. April 2017. April 2018. September 2018.September 2020.
HBA ADR Section Conference, September 2010. January 2011. May 2016. May 2018. May 2019. HBA ADR ONLINE training: September 2020.
MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Litigation Section, HBA and Texas State Bar
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, HBA and Texas State Bar
Labor & Employment Section, HBA and Texas State Bar
Family Law HBA and Texas State Bar
Fort Bend County Bar Association, President, 2014
Katy Bar Association, President, 2010 to 2012
Association of Attorney-Mediators (National and Houston Chapter)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Harris County Dispute Resolution Center, Board of Directors, 2007 – 2009
Leadership Houston, Class XII, 1994
Houston Grand Opera, Board of Directors, 1992-2002, Development Council, Corporate Council Subcommittee, and Public Policy Committee
Mental Health Association of Greater Houston, Board of Directors, 1994-2000, Executive Committee, President, 1998-2000
Houston Area Urban League, Board of Directors, 1997-2003, Executive Committee, Nominations Committee, Governance Task,Force Committee (Chair), and Personnel Committee (Chair)
Chair, Fort Bend County Bar Association Golf Committee – 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Houston Bar Association – Fee Dispute Committee, 2010 – 2011; Administration of Justice Committee 2011 – 2012, Co-Chair, Senior Lawyers Committee 2012, Member 2013-2020. Member, Fort Bend Lawyers Care, Board of Directors, 2013-Present, Board of Governors, Willow Fork Country Club, 2013 – 2015
