• District Court, S.D. Texas

  Judge

  1988 – 2013 · 25 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Justice

  First Court of Appeals of Texas

  1985 – 1988 · 3 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Presiding judge

  Harris County Texas One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District Court

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Faculty

  Trial Advocacy Program, South Texas College

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• City attorney

  1975 – 1981 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1972 – 1985 · 13 yrs

Education