Admitted
1976, Texas and U.S. District Court, Western, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Texas, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Texas, B.A., 1973
Memberships
State Bar of Texas (Member, 1979-1992 and Chairman, 1991-1993, Public Affairs Committee; Member, Television in the Courtroom Committee, 1980-1983); American Bar Association
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor, 1980 and Co-Editor, 1984, Media Law Handbook, State Bar of Texas. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge W.M. Taylor, Jr., 1976-1977. Instructor, Media Law and Ethics, University of Texas at Austin, 1979. Member, Public Affairs Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1979-1993. Member, Supreme Court of Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals, 2000—; Chairman, 2003—. Appointed to Legal Committee, Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1981-1992. Former Partner, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin and Houston. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation.