• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1994 – 2012 · 18 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Private practice

  1993 – 1994 · 1 yr

• Visiting judge

  Supreme Court of Texas

  1993 – present · 33 yrs

• Judge

  Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

  1991 – 1992 · 1 yr

• Justice

  Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas

  1984 – 1991 · 7 yrs

• Judge

  Hidalgo County Texas Ninety-Second District Court

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Hidalgo County Texas Court-at-Law Number Two

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1972 – 1977 · 5 yrs

Education