He has been practicing law for over twenty-five years and representing school districts and school officials in litigation concerning personnel and employment law, civil rights defense and voting rights litigation.
He received his law degree from Texas Tech School of Law. He is a former director of the State Bar of Texas, a past president of the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association and was selected Outstanding Young Lawyer
by that organization in 1989. He has served on the Benbrook city council and Chair of the School Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He has spoken at numerous workshops, seminars and conferences in the area of school law. He has represented school districts in both state and federal courts, as well as, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
He is currently a member of the labor and employment law and school law sections of the State Bar of Texas, The Texas and National Association of School Board’s Council of School Attorneys. He received the Presidential Citation from the State Bar of Texas in 2001, and the Nancy Grams Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Focused
Education in the State of Texas. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Charter Life Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation.
Practice Areas
- Education Law
- General Civil Practice
- Litigation
- Probate & Guardianship
- Employment Law
- Civil Rights Defense
- Voting Rights Act
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1978
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors & Awards
- Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas, 2001
- The Nancy Garms Memorial Award (for outstanding contribution to Law Focused Education in the State of
- Texas), 2000
- Silver Beaver, B.S.A., 1992
- Outstanding Young Lawyer, Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, 1989
- Eagle Scout, 1967
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- Former Director
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Former Director
- Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
- Past President
- Benbrook City Council
- Member
- State Bar of Texas, School Law Section
- Past Chair, and Member
- State Bar of Texas, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Member
- State Bar of Texas, Law Focused Education, Inc.
- Former Trustee
- Texas Associaton of School Board’s, Council of School Attorneys
- Member
- National Association of School Board’s Council of School Attorneys
- Member
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation
- Charter Fellow