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Lic. Atty. Texas 1963; Mediator since 1992; CLE Instructor; former: Municipal Judge; Assoc. Dist. Judge; City Atty; City Secretary; Bar Pres. 2 Bar Associations; Board of several Bar Associations.; Published author; Pres. several Civic Assoc., religious leader; national award winning writer; nominated for Texas Artist of the Year; Public Speaker; Board Chairman, Curator and Gen. Counsel non-profit Proctor Museum of Natural Science; expert witness on attorney's fees and ethics, and on Paleontology and natural science in general; & Public Speaker.
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
City of Jacinto City, Texas
Year: Current
Description: I was Assoc. Municipal Judge then regular Municipal Judge, over a period of about four years, during the 1970 and/or 1980s. I was appointed by the Mayor of Jacinto City, Bert Holder
Assoc. District Judge 1984 246th Family District Court of Harris County, Texas
Year: 1984 - 1984
Description: Judge John Peavey appointed different attorneys as his Assoc. District Judge. I was one. I was also appointed as a Master in cases, by other District Judges in several years on a one case appointment. I do not recall the years.
Members three Committees State Bar of Texas
Year: Current
Description: I served on the Committee on other Professional Groups for 2 or 3 years; the Committee on Bar ethics twice; and another State Bar committee which I do not recall the name of. These were in about the 1970s and/or 1980s
Greater North Channel Bar Association Secretary (Current)
State Bar of Texas # 16350000 Member (Current)
North Harris County Bar Association President three times; Vice-President and Secretary about five times; (Current)
Houston Trial Lawyers Association Board Member and Chairman of a Committee which got a Bill passed by the Texas Legislature (Current)
Houston Lawyer Referral Service Board Member (Current)
Front page Article on Law, in one issue per week for 52 weeks. Paid for articles. Houston Daily Court Review (2002)
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies 2010.0
Note: This organization of about 500,000 has regional competition and then national competition of the winners in regional competition, each year. In 2010 I won 1st place in Adult Advanced Articles, 1st place in Adult Poetry and 3rd place in Features. In 2013 I won First Place in Adult Poetry. In 2014 I was named as Judge for Poetry for National competition. I have won Regional and National awards for about 15 years with this organization. When you win 1st place nationally, you are disqualified from entering again for 2 years.
University of Tulsa B.S. (1956) | Marketing, Management and minor in Accounting. I completed all classroom hours for an MBA Degree
Year: 1952 - 1956
Honors: Worked nights on B47 bombers at Douglas Aircraft, carried 18 to 20 hours per semester, slept in afternoons then back to work, little time to study--made high grades, paid 100% of my own tuition with no scholarship or help from anyone else, did all class hours on MBA before returning to Texas to write thesis. Had high grades in business and accounting courses and in advanced biology. Activities: Pres. Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity, Pres. Independent Men's Association, House 'Mother' @ the Methodist Student Union, led blood donor drives;
South Texas College of Law J.D. (1964) | Law Degree
Year: 1961 - 1964
Honors: Top Grade in: Constitutional Law and Sales Law, member Delta Theta Pi Law Fraternity, First Place on law article awarded by Houston Trial Lawyers Association, graduated in top 15% of class and in less than 3 years, high grade on Bar Exam taken before I graduated from South Texas College of Law Activities: Moot Court Competition team, South Texas Law Journal;
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