• District Court, E.D. Texas

  Judge

  2004 – present · 22 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• Texas Supreme Court

  Judge

  2002 – 2004 · 2 yrs

Career

• Judge

  2005 – 2005

• prac

  2005 – 2005

• Justice

  Supreme Court of Texas

  2002 – 2004 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  2001 – 2001

• prac

  2001 – 2001

• Chief justice

  First Court of Appeals of Texas

  1996 – 2002 · 6 yrs

• Presiding judge

  Harris County Texas One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh District Court

  1990 – 1996 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  Texas

  1989 – 1990 · 1 yr

• General solicitor

  Union Pacific Railroad Company

  1986 – 1989 · 3 yrs

• General attorney

  Bawden Drilling, Inc.

  1980 – 1986 · 6 yrs

• Judge (part-time)

  West University Place Texas Municipal Court

  1978 – 1990 · 12 yrs

• General attorney

  Dresser Industries, Inc.

  1976 – 1980 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  Texas

  1975 – 1976 · 1 yr

• Assistant district attorney

  1971 – 1975 · 4 yrs