Honors and Awards:

• Awarded for outstanding devotion to improving the practice of family law., Sam Emison Award, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 1987

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified, Family Law, by the Texas Board of Legalization, 1975

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Chair, Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 1987

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-author of the best selling Texas Family Code for the past 19 years. Updated annually with new cases, articles, and commentary. Often cited by Texas courts., Author, Sampson and Tindall's Texas Family Code, West Group, Law Book Publishing, 1991

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Member, U.S. Commission on Interstate Child Support. Served as Chair of the Legal Issues Committee., 1999

Educational Background:

• J.D. University of Texas School of Law; B.A. University of Texas at Austin (1964), 1966