Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, American College of Real Estate Attorneys.  Texas Monthly, "Super Lawyer" '03, '04, '05, ‘06, '07, '08, '09 & 2010.  H-Texas Magazine, "Top Lawyer" 2005-'07

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law, 1989

Bar/Professional Activity:

• American College of Real Estate Attorneys, Texas College of Real Estate Attorneys, Board of Directors, 2003-‘04, Chairman 2004-‘09.  Chair Texas Assignment of Rents Act drafting committee, 2009-2011. Council Member; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2000-2004, Chair of Ethics and Professionalism Subcommittee, Council Representative on Resolutions Committee, Annual Meeting 2003, Chair of Uniform Assignment of Leases and Rents Drafting Committee, 2009, Chair 2010 State Bar Real Estate Forms Committee, member 1991-2009, vice chair 2008-09. College of the State Bar, Life Fellow.  4D-10 Grievance Committee Member, 1994-2000.  Course Director State Bar of Texas-Advanced Real Estate Law, 2000, Advanced Real Estate Drafting, 2007; University of Texas; Mortgage Lending Institute, 2001, 2009, Leasing Institute 2004 and 2005; South Texas College of Law Real Estate Course, 2002. "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell.  Master, American Inns of Court.  Committee on Brokers and Brokerage-ABA.  Briefing Attorney, Hon. Richard N. Countiss, Texas Court of Appeals 1981-82.  :  Member: Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course 1996, ‘00, ‘01, '02, ‘07, '08 and 2009; Advanced Real Estate Law Course 1997, '99. 2002, '03, ‘04, '05, ‘06, '07, '08 and ‘09;  South Texas College of Law-Real Estate Program 1997, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, '02, ‘03 and 2004;  University of Texas; Mortgage Lending Institute 1998, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, '02, '03, '04, '05, ‘06 and 2007 and Leasing Institute '04, ‘05 and 2007, College of the State Bar Summer School 2009.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• West University Place Rotary Club, President 1995-96; American Heart Association Jump Rope for Heart.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Reporter, Spring 2003;  State Bar Journal 2011; University of Texas-Mortgage Lending Institute, 1998, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, '02, '03, '04, '05, ‘06, '07, '08, '09, '10 and 2011;  State Bar of Texas-Advanced Real Estate Law, 1997, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, '02, '03, '04. '05, ‘06, '07, '08, '09, '10 and 2011; Advanced Real Estate Drafting, 1994, ‘95, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, '01, ‘02, 07, 09, '10 and 2011;  South Texas College of Law-Real Estate Law Program, 1997, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, '02, ‘03 and 2004.  Houston Realty Breakfast Realty Group, 2011; Houston SBA Advisory Council, 1992.  Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, 1986; 

Educational Background:

• BBA & MBA University of Texas, Austin; JD University of Houston