Admitted
1970, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Texas Tech University, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Texas Tech University, B.A., 1967
Memberships
Fort Worth-Tarrant County (Director, 1988-1990) and American (Member, Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Crime Committee, 1995-2004) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, 1985—; Criminal Law Section, Chairman, 1992); Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1991; Officer, 1986-1990; Director, 1981-1984); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director, 1990-1996; Executive Committee, 1991-1992); Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1983-1984).
Biographical
Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1989-2003. Invited to testify at Congressional Hearings on Waco-Branch Davidian Tragedy. Course director, speaker and author at state and national criminal law seminars, such as, for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Defending the Fringe, Puerto Rico, 1998; Course Director, Not Guilty! Making it Happen, Ft. Worth, TX, 2001; The Sword and Shield of Evidence, Lake Tahoe, NV., 1995; Attacking Your Attackers, Houston, TX, 1995; The 15 Minute Voir Dire, New Orleans, LA, 1991. For the Law Education Institute: Cross-Examining the Informant, 1995; The Lawyer as the Target, 1997; Exposing The Expert, 2001, Vail, CO. For NORML: The Defenseless Case, Key West, FL. For other state associations: The Virginia State Bar, Featured luncheon speaker, Defending Against the Power of Government, 1997; Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Super Star Seminar, Winning Some Battles in the War on Crime, 1996; Virginia College of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Assault on America-Waco to Ruby Ridge, Alexandria, VA., 1996; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Opening Statement, New Orleans, LA., 1995; Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Defenseless Case, Salt Lake City, UT., 1995; Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn., Cross Examining the Government, Baltimore, MD., 1995; Missouri Bar Assn., The Branch Davidian Case, Huntsville, Alabama, 1994; Voir Dire, Mobile, Alabama, 1991. For the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: Triage for the Presumption of Innocence and Reasonable Doubt, 1999; Lawyers as Targets, 1998; Enforcing Brady, Giglio and Kyles, 1997; Mail Fraud, Advanced Federal Law Course, 1997; Proving Your Case Through Cross-Examination, 1996; The War on Defense Lawyers, Advanced Federal Law Course, 1996; The Zen of Winning-Voir Dire, 1995. State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course Director, 1985; High Visibility Cases, 2000; Jury Selection, 1997; a featured speaker at Breakfast