State of Texas Visiting Judge for Courts by assignment from Regional Administrative Judges – 2019 – Current

Mediator – Civil since 1997

Arbitrator – Civil since 2019

Practice of Civil and Family Law since June 1992

Qualified Mediator in Family Law and Civil Law since 1997

Served extensively as Court Appointed Guardian/Attorney Ad Litem and Amicus Attorney Litigation

Extensive trial experience including bench and jury trials on the merits.

Extensive settlement experience with parties through mediation/arbitration and party settlement conferences

Additional areas of practice in Social Security Law – with an emphasis on Disability Claims for Title II and Title XXVI and
Private Long Term Disability Claims from 1992 to 2010.

• Arbitration
• Custody & Divorce
• Family Law
• Mediation

• South Texas College of Law – J. D. 1991

Member of Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
President of Women’s Legal Forum

• University of Texas at Austin 

Bachelor of Business Administration. 1976 – Dean’s list, Fall and Spring, 1976.

• Tyler Junior College – 

Associates Degree in Accounting, Cum Laude Graduate -1974.

• 2021 Annual Judicial Conference for Region 11
• 2021 Annual Judicial Conference for Region 11
• 2020 Annual Judicial Conference for Region 11
• 2019 Annual Judicial Conference for Region 11
• 2014 Winter Regional Conference; Judicial Conduct in the 21ST Century:  A Common Sense Approach to Modern Ethical Dilemmas
• 2013 Regional Judicial Conference
• 2012 Winter Regional Conference
• 2011 Regional Judicial Conference
• 2010 Role of the Judge
• 2010 College for New Judges
• 2022 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2021 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2020 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2018 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2017 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2016 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2015 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2014 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2013 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2012 TAFLS Trial Institute
• 2012 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2011 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2009 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2007 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2005 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2004 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2003 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2002 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2001 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 2001 Ultimate Trial Notebook – Family Law
• 2000 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1999 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1998 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1997 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1997 Received certificate of A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute for completing 40 hours of mediation training
• 1997 Received certificate of A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute for completing 24 hours of advance training: Divorce & child custody (family) mediation training
• 1996 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1996 Houston Volunteer Lawyer Family Law Institute
• 1994 Advanced Family Law Seminar
• 1993 Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, University of Texas at Austin
• Burta Rhodes Raborn Family Law Inn of Court Associate Member
  • A. White Dispute Resolution Center
• Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce 
• Friends of Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Center (For Domestic Violence Shelter and Services)
• Houston Bar Association, Since 1992 
• Houston Christian Chamber of Commerce
• Houston Volunteer Lawyers
• Houston Lawyer Referral Service, Since 1992 
• Interfaith Caring Ministries- Volunteer/Contributor- Clear Lake Area
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives
• State Bar of Texas Since 1992
• State Bar of Texas – Family Law Section, Since 1992
• Supreme Court of Texas Since 1992
• Texas Supreme Court Harris County CPS Task Force Committee
• Harris County Judicial Jury Committee
• Texas Family Law Foundation Lifetime Membership
• “Social Security Benefits and the Effect on Your Family Law Client,” (author and co-lecturer), 28th Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, April 2005.
• ”Did That Really Just Happen to Me?”  Ethics and Professionalism:  Attorneys, Clients and the Judiciary; Burta Rhodes Raborn Family Law Inn of Court, April 2014.
• “A Practical Application of the 3P’s of Evidence:  Preparation, Presentation and Proving Up” and “Do’s and Don’ts in Trial, (author and co-lecturer) Houston Bar Association Family Law Section presents Essentials of Family Law Evidence, November 2011.
• National Business Institute Judicial Forum, “What Family Court Judges Want You to Know” (co-lecturer), November 2011.
• “How to Make Us Happy”, (panel discussion) Houston Volunteer Lawyers’ Annual Family Law Seminar, May 2013.
• National Business Institute Judicial Forum, “As Family Court Judges See It: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Litigating Divorce” (co-lecturer), November 2013.
• Houston Area Pastor Council, Panel Discussion:  “How Can Our Churches Better Serve Our Courts?”, April 2013.
• “Nuts and Bolts of Handling Divorce”, (speaker) Houston Volunteer Lawyers, January 2013.
• Advocate University, Pre-Law Night, 2011 – 2013.
• “Where do we go from here? Tips on identifying, addressing, and effectively presenting
• evidence relating to parental alienation.” HBA Family Law Section Luncheon Meeting – January 3, 2018    
• “As Family Court Judges See It:  Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Litigation Divorce”,
• National Business Institute, November 2, 2017.

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