LICENSES

• 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

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, Fort Bend Lawyers Care, Board of Directors, 2013-Present, Board of Governors, Willow Fork Country Club, 2013 – 2015