• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  2007 – present · 19 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Judge

  Harris County Texas One Hundred and Ninetieth District Court

  2002 – 2007 · 5 yrs

• Adjunct faculty

  University of Houston Law Center

  1995 – present · 31 yrs

• Private practice

  1994 – 2002 · 8 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. Sim Lake

  U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

  1992 – 1994 · 2 yrs

Education