| Admission Details | 1982, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas |
| Education | University of Rhode Island, B.S.M.E.; South Texas College of Law, J.D. |
| Additional Bio Details | Sigma Pi. Member, Order of the Lytae. Member, South Texas Law Journal. Author: "The Need for Certainty in Ownership of Minerals: Coal, Lignite, and Other Minerals," 22 STLJ 287 (1981). |