5TH COURT OF APPEALS
Place 4
PARTY AFFILIATION
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION
5th District Court of Appeals
Place 4
Since 2009
(term expires 12-31-22)
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR
B.F.A., Magna Cum Laude
Baylor
1976
JURIS DOCTOR
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Baylor School of Law
1981
YEAR OF STATE BAR LICENSURE
1982
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – APPELLATE
- 5th District Court of Appeals since 2009
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – OTHER
- Judge of the 203rd Judicial District Court for over 15 years
LEGAL EXPERIENCE – NONJUDICIAL
- Dallas County DA’s Office; ADA 1982-1994; Chief Felony Prosecutor 1987-1994
ADMITTED
- US Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas Northern District Court
JUDICAL/LEGAL HONORS
- Chair, Community Service Restitution Committee, Volunteer Center of Dallas County, 1998 – 2003
• Member, Board of Directors, Volunteer Center of Dallas County, 1994 – 2003
• Texas Association of District Judges, Secretary-Treasurer, 2000, President-Elect, 2001, President, 2002
• Dallas County Juvenile Board, 2002 – 2004
• Member, Dallas Bar Association Mock Trial Committee 2000 to present; Co-chair and Chair, Dallas Bar Association Mock Trial Committee administering the Texas High School Mock Trial Competition from 2003 to 2010 and the National High School Mock Trial Competition in 2007; Co-recipient, Dallas Bar Association’s Jo Anna Moreland Outstanding Committee Award, 2007
• Member, Dallas Bar Association Task Force that drafted the Dallas Bar Association’s Creeds for Integrity and Professionalism in Judicial Elections adopted by the Dallas Bar Association, 2003
• Dallas Bar Association, Habitat for Humanity Project and Law Day Committee’s mock voir dire demonstration for Dallas public school students
• Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
• Life Founding Fellow, Dallas Association Young Lawyers Foundation
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
PRIOR ELECTION(S) RESULTS
SEAT, DATE, PERCENTAGE
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS
538 of 951 (56.6%)
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
I am a conservative jurist who believes that judges should strictly interpret the law as written and not make law based on their personal or political agendas. Over the more than twenty years that I have served as a judge, including my experience as a State District Judge and Appellate Justice, I have been dedicated to strict construction of the law and the impartial administration of justice.
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