Admitted: 1971, Texas; 1972, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1980, U.S. Claims Court; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School: Southern Methodist University, J.D.
Member: Mesquite (President, 1977-1978) and Dallas Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Administrative and Public Law; Business Law; Government Lawyers; Litigation; Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law; School Law); Fifth Federal Circuit.
Biography: Designated Top Attorneys in Texas, Newsweek, 2010; Texas Super Lawyer by Law and Politics, School/Education Law, Texas Monthly, 2005. Dallas County Schools: Trustee, 1989-2003; President, 2000-2003. Speaker: "IDEA, Section 504, and ADA - Interface or Face-off?," Fourth Statewide Institute for Section 504 Coordinators, Hearing Officers, and School Administrators, October 1993; "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973- An Overview," 1992 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, December 1992; Fifth Statewide Training Institute for Section 504 Coordinators, Hearing Officers, and School Administrators, April 1994; "Sexual Harassment, Limiting the Liability," 41st Annual TASB/TASA Convention, Sept. 2001; "Sexual Harassment in Schools," 13th Annual Suing and Defending Governmental Entities, State Bar of Texas, July 2002. Recognized, one of the 100 Heroes, Mesquite Independent School District for Centennial Celebration 2001.
Born: Hillsboro, Texas, May 18, 1946
Cases: Cole V. Hall, S.W.2d (Tex. App. 5 Dist., July 27, 1993 (No. 05-92-01098-CV); Hammond v. City of Dallas, 712 S.W.2d 496 (Tex., June 25, 1986) (No. C-4469); City of Dallas v. Hammond, 691 S.W.2d 827 (Tex. App. 2 Dist., June 12, 1985) (No. 2-84-070-CV); Adams v. Stotts, 667 S.W.2d 798 (Tex. App. 5 Dist., Sept. 1, 1983) (No. 05-82-00686-CV); Campbell v. Campbell, 587 S.W.2d 513 (Tex.Civ.App. 5 Dist., Aug 30, 1979) (No. 19944); Covault v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 531 S.W.2d 441 (Tex.Civ.App. 12 Dist., Dec. 18, 1975) (No. 868); Ross V. American Radiator & Standard San. Corp., 507 S.W.2d 806 (Tex.Civ.App. 5 Dist., Feb 7, 1974) (No. 18261).