Education and Training:

Baylor University (B.B.A., with emphasis on law, 1973)
Baylor Law School (J.D., November 1973)
National Judicial College - Successfully completed the following courses of instruction:
      General Jurisdiction- 1985
      The Judge and the Trial - Graduate Course- 1988
      Conducting the Civil Trial Course- 1990
      Reducing Court Delay Course- 1992
      Advanced Mediation Training Course- 1996

Admitted to Texas Bar in 1973 and Florida Bar in 1974

Mediation Training:

National Judicial College - 40-hour mediator training course
American Academy of Attorney Mediators - Basic mediator training and Advanced mediator training.
Association of Attorney Mediators - Family Law Mediation Training.

Professional Activities:

Past Chairman, Judicial Section, State Bar of Texas
Fellow and past judicial liaison, Texas Bar Foundation
State Bar of Texas Judicial Section Executive Committee, 1989 - 1992
Legislative Chairman for Judicial Section and for the Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges for twelve years
Past President and Executive Committee Member, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Austin, Texas
Past Judicial Liaison, State Bar Board of Directors
Past President (two terms) of the Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges
Past President of Waco-McLennan County Bar Association.
Past President of Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association

Teaching Experience:

Baylor Law School, Adjunct Professor for Legal Writing, and Criminal Law Seminar

CLE lecturer:
      Texas Bar Association
      Texas Center for the Judiciary
      Texas Association for Court Administration
      Texas Court Reporters Association
      County Judges and Commissioners Association.