Admitted
1981, California; 1984, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and Central District of California
Law School
Loyola University at Los Angeles, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude with departmental honors, 1978
Memberships
State Bar of Texas; State Bar of California.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Member (and Editor of Ninth Circuit Review) Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 1979-1981. Law Clerk to The Honorable Hugh Gibson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1981-1983. Speaker: Co-Employment Issues: Independent Contractors, Leased Employees, and Employees, Houston Business Seminar, 1999; Legal Claims and the Practical Impact on Employee Relations, Houston Business Seminars, 1997-2000; Sexual Harassment: Defining, Discussing and Dealing with the Problem, M. David Lowe Seminar, Fall 1994; The Perils of Privileges: Asserting and Attacking the Limits on Discovery and Evidence, Houston Bar Association, 1992. Author: The Close Case-Handling Difficult Sexual Harassment Claims, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Employment Course, 1994. Work Product and Party Communications Privileges: Recent Texas Developments, Houston Bar Association Seminar, 1992. Co-Author, Texas Work Product Rule Extended, The Advocate, December 1991.