Service to the Community
2010 - present, Austin College "L" Alumni Association Board of Directors
2019, “The Road to the Federal Constitution,” Teachers for Texas Continuing Education Conference
2018, Collegiate Mock Trial Judge, “Kangaroo Brawl,” Austin College
2002 - 2015 & 2022, Academic State Meet Judge, Debate, Public Speaking, & Journalism, University Interscholastic League
2004 - 2009, Texarkana Teen Court Advisory Board of Directors (Chair, 2008 - 2009)
2003 - 2009, Volunteer Judge, Texarkana Teen Court
2001 - 2002, Longview Teen Court Advisory Board of Directors
1999 - 2002, Volunteer Judge, Longview Teen Court
Service to the Bar
December 9, 2022, “Felony Judges Panel,” Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
September 28, 2022, “Plumbing Problems at the United States Supreme Court,” Texas Association of Paralegals seminar
November 12, 2021, “Juvenile Caselaw Update,” Tarrant County Juvenile Law Conference
December 11, 2019, “Juvenile Appeals,” Victoria, Texas, Juvenile Law Conference
June 14, 2018, “Expunctions & Nondisclosures in Tarrant County,” L. Clifford Davis Bar Association
March 18, 2018, “The October 2017 Term of the United States Supreme Court,” L. Clifford Davis Bar Association
January 26, 2017, “Expunctions, Nondisclosures, & Extradition Issues for the Immigrant Community,” Mexican-American Bar Association
October 31, 2016, “Student Constitutional Rights after Tinker,” North Side High School, Fort Worth I.S.D.
May 29, 2014, “Viewing Trial Through an Appellate Lens,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
2008 - 2023, CLE Planning Committee, Dr. Kenneth Street Law Symposium, Austin College
2007 - present, author, Annual Survey of the U.S. Supreme Court's Criminal Case Decisions
2005 - 2009, Board Member, Texas Association of Appellate Court Attorneys (President, 2008 - 2009)
Member of the Appellate, Judicial, and Juvenile Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas