Areas of Practice
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Taxation Law
- Elder Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Tax-Deferred Exchanges for Real Estate
Certified Legal Specialties
- Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas State Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1983
- Oklahoma, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Education
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1982
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Outstanding Editor Award, Texas Law Review (1982)
- Honors: Mesa Petroleum Academic Excellence Scholarship (1981)
- Law Review: Texas Law Review, Member, Board of Editors and Note Editor, 1982
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - Political Science summa cum laude - 1980
- Honors: Highest Honors
- Honors: Outstanding Graduating Senior in Social Sciences
- Honors: Academic Scholarship
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Estate Planning Council of North Texas, Member, Former Trustee
- Texas State Bar College, Member
- Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Fellow
- Collin County Bar Association, Member
- Plano Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Sections of Probate, Real Estate, Business and Litigation, Member
- McKinney Education Foundation, Board of Trustees, Member, 1994 - 1997
- McKinney Education Foundation, President, 1998 - 1999
- McKinney Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, Member, 1996 - 1997
- Conner Harrington Republican Women's Club, Member
- Habitat for Humanity--Carpenter's Club, Member
- First Baptist Church, Sunday School Director, 1990 - 1992
- American Red Cross, Collin County Chapter, Board of Directors, 1987 - 1989
- American Cancer Society, North Collin County Chapter, Board of Directors and Treasurer, 1985 - 1988
- Daughters of the American Revolution, Secretary, 1985 - 1987
- Leadership McKinney - Class of 1995
Past Employment Positions
- Connor & Winters, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Associate, 1983 - 1984
- University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, Research Assistant
- University of Houston, Research Assistant, Political Science
- University of Houston, Teaching Assistant, Political Science
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