• Texas Supreme Court

  Judge

  2021 – 2026 · 5 yrs

• Texas Supreme Court

  Judge

  2015 – 2020 · 5 yrs

• Texas Supreme Court

  Judge

  2012 – 2014 · 2 yrsAppointed by James Richard Perry

• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Law Clerk

  1991 – 1992 · 1 yrAppointed by Thomas Morrow Reavley

Career

• Chief of Staff

  Office of the Governor, State of Texas

  2011 – 2012 · 1 yr

• General Counsel

  Office of the Governor, State of Texas

  2011 – 2011

• Senior Partner

  Thompson & Knight LLP

  2003 – 2010 · 7 yrs

• Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

  Texas Attorney General

  2000 – 2003 · 3 yrs

• Partner

  Thompson & Knight LLP

  1998 – 2000 · 2 yrs

• prac

  Thompson & Knight LLP

  1992 – 1998 · 6 yrs

• Youth and Family Minister

  Brentwood Oaks Church

  1983 – 1988 · 5 yrs

Education