Presiding Judge of Justice Court Pct 1,Pl 2 (nominated by Commissioner El Franco Lee), Past Chairman, Justice Courts section, Texas Bar Association; longtime instructor for Justice Court Training Center; member, Texas Judicial Council 1996-2002 (apptd by Chief Justice Phillips); member, Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct 2015- 2022 (apptd by Texas Supreme Court) Course Director, Collections and Creditors Rights CLE, Texas Bar, 2018, Elected to eight consecutive terms

Elected four times to Texas House representing Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, Independence Heights, Timbergrove, parts of the Heights and Spring Branch and other neighborhoods in near northwest Houston, Chairman, Harris County Legislative Delegation, Vice Chair, Retirement & Aging Committee;member, Financial Institutions Committee; Elections Committee; Named Outstanding Freshman Legislator by colleagues, 1983;