Certification

Board Certified - Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

• University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1981, magna cum laude)


• Texas Law Review, Research and Note Editor, 1980-81


• Vice Chancellor, Order of Chancellors


• Order of the Coif


• Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph T. Sneed, U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1981-82


• University of Santa Clara (B.S., 1978, summa cum laude)


• Phi Beta Kappa

• 2009 Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly magazine 


• Best Lawyers in American 2010


• Top Attorney 2009, Fort Worth, Texas magazine

• American Red Cross (Vice-Chair, 2002-03, Board of Directors, local chapter)


• University of Dallas (Board of Trustees)

• State Bar of Texas, 1981, State Bar of California, 1985


• U.S. Courts of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Eighth Circuit and Ninth Circuit


• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas


• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California

• Chair (2008-09), Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of Texas


• Past Chair (1997-98), Labor and Employment Law Section, Tarrant County Bar Association


• Board of Directors (2002-05), Tarrant County Bar Association


• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section