14TH COURT OF APPEALS
Place 9
PARTY AFFILIATION
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION
Fourteenth District Court of Appeals
Place 9
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR
Bachelor’s with Honors
Notre Dame
1978
JURIS DOCTOR
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Texas School of Law
1981
YEAR OF STATE BAR LICENSURE
1981
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – APPELLATE
- 6 years on 14th Court of Appeals
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – OTHER
- Judge of the 295th District Court for 15 years
LEGAL EXPERIENCE – NONJUDICIAL
- Practiced law for 13 years with the law firms of Susman Godfrey (1986-1994) and Vinson & Elkins (1981-1986)
ADMITTED
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
JUDICAL/LEGAL HONORS
- Trial Judge of the Year by the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
- Member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee
- Former Chair of the Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee
- Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Jurist Award
PRIOR ELECTION(S) RESULTS
SEAT, DATE, PERCENTAGE
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
1991 Civil Trial Law
1997 Personal Injury Trial Law
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS
1036 of 1475(70.2%)
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
INFORMATION APPROVED BY CANDIDATE ON
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