Biography

• B.A., with honors Economics & Political Science, Yale University (1984)
• J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1987)
• Former Assistant Texas Attorney General
• Former Assistant General Counsel, Texas Department of Banking
• Former Assistant Nueces County Attorney
• Former Assistant Nueces County District Attorney
• Former Nueces County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1
• Judge, County Court at Law No. 2 - serving since 2003

Office Description

Nueces County Courts at Law have jurisdiction over criminal misdemeanors, probate matters and civil lawsuits. Their civil jurisdiction is more than that of the Justice of the Peace courts and the same as that of the District Courts.