Education
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock Tex, Dec. 1995, J.D., With Honors
South Plains Association of Governments, Lubbock Tex.  Dec. 1995 Mediator
Pan American University, Bro., Texas, May 1984, M.B.A. With High Honors
Pan American University, Bro., Texas, May 1981, B.A. Psychology

Speaking Engagements
Speaker:  Chapter 13 Trustee=s Seminar Corpus Christi, Sept. 2002
Speaker:  Chapter 13 Trustee=s Seminar on 2005 BAPCPA, Sept. 2005
Speaker:  Corpus Christi Bar=s Seminar on 2005 BAPCPA, Debtor>s Counsel=s Perspective,      Oct. 2005
Speaker:  State Bar Of Texas, Boot Camp, Dallas, Texas  Sept. 2005
Speaker:  University of Texas 2nd Annual Consumer Bankruptcy Practice, June 2006
Speaker:  State Bar of Texas, Boot Camp, Houston, Texas Sept. 2006
Speaker:  Texas Attorney General=s Office, McAllen Texas April 2007
Speaker:  State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Bench Bar Seminar, June 2007
Speaker:  State Bar of Texas, Consumer Boot Camp, San Antonio Texas, Oct. 2007
Speaker:  University of Texas 4th Annual Consumer Bankruptcy Practice June 2008
Speaker:  State Bar of Texas, Soaking Up some CLE A South Texas Litigation Seminar, South Padre Island, Texas May 2009
Speaker:  State Bar of Texas, Bench/Bar Conference Small Business & Consumer Bankruptcy, Southern District of Texas, Laredo, Texas April 2009
Speaker: State Bar of Texas, Starting Out Right, Consumer Bankruptcy, San Antonio, Texas January 2010
Speaker:  2010 Southern District Bench/Bar Conference, On Going Mortgages 6 Years Later, August 2010
Speaker: 2010 Southern District Bench/Bar Conference, Legal Services To The Poor, August 2010

Languages
English
Spanish
Italian
 
Published Articles
The DTPA and Article 21.21 Of The Texas Insurance Code , Caveat Vendor  Consumer Law, Sept. 1995

The Basics of Chapter 7 & 13 Under The BAPCPA, State Bar of Texas Consumer Bankruptcy Boot Camp Sept, Dallas, Texas Sept. 2005

Getting Evidence In . . . Cheaply, U. T. Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, Galveston Tex.  June 2006

Processing a Consumer Bankruptcy Case From Initial Conference to Discharge & 5th Circuit Case Law Update, State Bar Of Texas Consumer Bankruptcy Boot Camp, Houston Tex. Sept, 2006

Walking Through the First Interview, State Bar of Texas, Consumer Boot Camp, San Antonio Texas, Oct. 2007

Consumer Bankruptcy and Child Support Claims for Texas Attorney Generals , 2007

Formulating a Chapter 13 Plan For Texas, Bench/Bar Seminar, State Bar of Texas 2007

Getting The Upper Hand In State Court Litigation, State Bar of Texas Soaking Up some CLE
A South Texas Litigation Seminar, South Padre Island, Texas May 2009

The Initial Interview & Choosing The Chapter, State Bar of Texas, Bench/Bar Conference Small Business & Consumer Bankruptcy, Southern District of Texas, Laredo, Texas April 2009

Getting Relevant Evidence In . . . Cheaply,  State Bar of Texas, Bench/Bar Conference Small Business & Consumer Bankruptcy, Southern District of Texas, Laredo, Texas April 2009

Starting Out Right: Chapter 13 Plan & Confirmation Issues, San Antonio, January 2010

On Going Mortgages in the Southern District of Texas - Six Years Later, 2010 Bench/Bar Conference Small Business & Consumer Bankruptcy, Corpus Christi,  Texas August 2010

Legal Services For The Poor – A Mandate by The State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section, 2010 Bench Bar Conference Small Business & Consumer Bankruptcy, Corpus Christi, Texas August 2010

Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Pro Bono Program, A Project of the Cameron County Bar Association & Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid “Just Take One” Volunteer Attorney Information.  July 2010

Published Books
(Pending Publication)

Memberships
Admitted:  Southern District of Texas & Western District of Texas
Member: American Bankruptcy Institute
Member: Consumer Bankruptcy Section, State Bar of Texas
Member: American Bar Association
Member: National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees

Other
Real Estate Professional since 1980
State Bar of Texas Pro Bono Committee Member , Bankruptcy Section. January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011.
Served as Interim Receiver S. D. of Texas Case No. 10-7009
2010 Bench Bar Conference, Consumer Bankruptcy Section Chairperson
2010 Bench Bar Conference, Planning Committee Member