Profile

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
  • 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