Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Highest Academic Average-Oil & Gas Award, Spring, 1989; Highest Academic Average-Counseling and Negotiations Award, Fall, 1989; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Texas Monthly Super Lawyer; 'San Antonio's Top Divorce Lawyer' as featured in Scene in S.A. Magazine, January 2003; 'San Antonio's Best Lawyers,' as featured in Scene in S.A. Magazine, August 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013; Who's Who in Law and Accounting as featured in the San Antonio Business Journal, May 2004. Managing Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1989-1990. Outstanding Young Men in America, 1990. Kids Share. Best Young Family Lawyer, 1996. Co-Author: "Express Trusts in Divorce," Advanced Family Law Course, 1995; "Practical Tips from the Top," Marriage Dissolution Institute, 1996; "What They Don't Teach You in Law School About Setting and Collecting Attorney's Fees," Advanced Family Law Course, 1997; Co-Author, Speaker: "Evidence," Stromar Educational Services, Inc., October 27, 1999; "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Stromar Educational Services, Inc., January 26, 2000; Author, Speaker: "Working With Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel, Sweet, Nice and Polite," Texas Family Law Practice For Paralegals, January 26, 2000; "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Stromar Educational Services, September 26, 2000; "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Texas General Practice and Ethics Institute, Stromar Educational Services, Inc., September 26, 2000; Moderator, Coordinator: "Family Law Essentials For $2000 or Free," Lubbock, Texas - The Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, September 11, 2003; "Identifying, Characterizing, and Valuing the Marital Estate: An Overview," San Antonio, Texas - Legal Assistants University, October 1, 2003; Moderator, Speaker: "Effective Mediation at the Next Level," San Antonio, Texas - San Antonio Family Lawyers Association April 1, 2004; Moderator/Coordinator, Family Law Essentials for $2000 or Free, Eagle Pass, Texas – The Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, September 30, 2005; Speaker: "Maximizing the Take at a Final Property Hearing," – Family Law Essentials for $2000 or Free, Mineral Wells, Texas, April 20, 2007; Author, Speaker: "How to Help the Judge Rule in Your Favor: Preparing for Temporary Orders Hearing," Marriage Dissolution Institute, El, Paso, Texas, May 9, 2007; Author/Speaker: "Valuation," Marriage Dissolution Institute, Galveston, Texas, April 17, 2008; Speaker: "Buying a Business: Capital Intensive v. Asset Based," Representing Small Business Course, Dallas, Texas, March 26, 2009; Speaker/Author: "Closing the File," Marriage Dissolution Institute, San Antonio, Texas, May 5, 2010; Speaker/Author: "More Money, Less Stress: Law Office Management and Technology," 2010 Advanced Family Law Course, Speaker: "Valuation of Property," Advanced Family Law Course, 2010; Speaker: Temporary Orders Hearing, 2012 Advanced Family Law Course; Co-Author: “Common Law, Informal, and Putative Marriage”, Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2013; and Speaker: “Family Law- Problem Issues”, 2016 CDC Annual Workshop; Past Chair, District 10C Grievance Committee. Fee Dispute Committee for the San Antonio Bar Association, 1995-1996 and 1996-1997.
(Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)
