• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  2003 – present · 23 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• District Court, W.D. Texas

  Judge

  1984 – 2003 · 19 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Bexar County Texas One Hundred and Eighty-Seventh District Court

  1980 – present · 46 yrs

• Assistant federal public defender

  Western District of Texas

  1976 – 1980 · 4 yrs

• U.S. Army Reserve

  1972 – 1987 · 15 yrs

• Assistant district attorney

  1972 – 1976 · 4 yrs

Education