• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1987 – present · 39 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, N.D. Texas

  Law Clerk to the Hon. Halbert O. Woodward

  1972 – 1973 · 1 yr

Career

• City Attorney

  City of Houston

  1984 – 1987 · 3 yrs

• Chairman

  Houston Texas Civil Service Commission

  1982 – 1984 · 2 yrs

• Special Assistant Attorney General

  State of Texas

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Director

  Harris County Texas Housing Authority

  1978 – 1980 · 2 yrs

• prac

  Private Practice

  1973 – 1984 · 11 yrs

Education