Currently serving as full-time appointed Magistrate Judge for Comal County, Texas.( https://www.co.comal.tx.us/Magistrate-Court.htm )Experienced Mediator, litigation attorney, Judge, and government agency manager. Former Associate Deputy Attorney General for Civil and Special Litigation handling special, strategic affirmative litigation to protect issues of Texas sovereignty, constitutional separation of powers and federalism assisting in overseeing litigation of eleven litigation divisions of the Office of the Attorney General. Former Assistant Attorney General and Regional Chief of Consumer Protection for Texas Attorney General handling cases under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and referrals from client State agencies. Former Title IV-D Associate Family Law Judge, Dallas IV-D Family Court No. 2, handling over 40,000 family law cases for 24 District and County Court-at Law Judges in 17 counties. Former Assistant Attorney General and Regional Chief of Child Support Litigation and was first Texas Attorney to prosecute paternity case using DNA evidence. Former First Assistant Criminal District Attorney of Kaufman County. Former part-time Municipal Court Judge for 3 suburban Dallas cities, selected by State Bar of Texas as Most Outstanding Texas Municipal Court Judge in 2003.Specialties: Specialized Training: NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE - University of Nevada Graduate Judicial Studies; GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - National Trial College & ATLA Advanced Trial Skills; HARVARD LAW SCHOOL - Prog. of Instr. for Lawyers Postgraduate legal studies