• University of Texas, Austin, B.A., 1972
• St. Mary's University, San Antonio, J.D., December 1976

• 1977, Texas
• 1978, California
• 2003, Colorado
• U.S. District Court, Western, Southern & Northern Districts of Texas;
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th and 11th Circuits

• Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Texas: 1978-1980
• Robinson, Felts, Starnes, Angenend & Mashburn; Civil Trial Attorney, 1980-1987
• Wood, Lucksinger & Epstein; Civil Trial Attorney, 1987-1989
• Private practice; Civil Trial Attorney, Business Formation, Transactions, Trials and Appeals, Mediation and Arbitration; 1989-Present

• President, Travis County Bar Association (now, Austin Bar Association); 1997-1998;
• President-Elect 1996;
• Comptroller, 1993-94;
• Treasurer, 1994-95,
• Secretary '95-96;
• Director 1991-93;
• Numerous Committee Memberships

• Chair, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1997-1998;
• Director, 1994-1997Civil Trial Law Advisory Commission, 1985-1994;
• Board Certified: Civil Trial Law, 1984; Civil Appellate Law, l987;

• Chair, Texas Bar Foundation 2005-2006;
• Secretary-Treasurer (04-05); Trustee 2004-2008
• Sustaining Life Fellow, District Nine Membership Chair 1996-98;
• numerous awards committees 1996-2005

• Chair, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism: 2004-06, Trustee 2003-07
• Authored numerous Professionalism Video Tapes: 1996 (segment on "Office Procedure and Practices"), Co-wrote "Ethics Jeopardy", 1997, "Ethics Jeopardy II", 2001; Defense Ethics tapes, Skills updates, 2005.

• Chair, College of the State Bar of Texas; 1992-94;
• Vice-Chair 1990-92;
• Director, 1988-98,
• Member 1985-Present;
• Board Advisor 1999-2000, Numerous Committees

Chair, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (Texas Bar Convention), 2001

Chair, United States Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference, Austin 2004

• Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1999- pres.
• Director, State Bar of Texas; District 9, 1998-2001; Executive Committee 1999-2001
• Chair, Strategic Long-Range Planning, 1999-2001; Chair, Policy Manual 2000-01 Disciplinary/Disability Oversight Committee Vice-Chair 1999-2000; General
• Counsel Oversight Committee 1998-99; Texas Bar Journal Editorial Committee 1998-2001; Board Advisor- Futures Committee, MCLE, Administrative & Public Law Section Liaison;
• Numerous Committee Memberships including: Litigation Section, Legal Ethics, Appellate Law, Legal Aspects of the Arts, Settlement Week, 1991-92

Director, Austin Lawyers Care (now: Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas), 86-89

Director, Austin Young Lawyers Association, 1984-1986

Editor, Travis County Practice Handbook, 1984, 1986

Trustee, 1992-1994, 2001- pres., Secretary 2003-04, Vice-Pres. 2004-05, Pres.-Elect 05-06

Trustee, St. Mary's University 2007-08

Co-Director, co-writer and co-conspirator: Bar & Grill Variety Show, 1992-2005

Member and Founder: Bar & Grill Singers, A Lawyer Group performing musical parody across the country, and raising (through Jan 2008) $450,000 for pro bono causes.

Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Court-Annexed Mediation, 1996-1998

Supreme Court Appointee, Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda 2018 - 2024

President, Austin Bar Association 1997-1998 (all officer positions 1992-1997)

Chair, Texas Board of Legal Specialization 1997-98

Chair, Texas Bar Foundation 2005-2006

Chair, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism 2204-2006

Chair, College of the State Bar of Texas 1992-1994

Director State Bar of Texas District 9, 1998-2001

Chair, Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee- State Bar of Texas 2000-2001

President, St. Mary's Law School Alumni Board of Trustees, 2006-2007,

Trustee, St. Mary's University (San Antonio) 2007-2008

U.S. Army; 1st Cavalry Division, Office of Staff Judge Advocate; 1972-1974 (Awarded Army Commendation Medal, 1974)