Rocky grew up in Grapevine, TX, and was a member of the Grapevine Debate Team and Mock Trial Team. Rocky did his undergrad at Texas Tech University majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Political Science. During this time he was the Music Director and then Station Manager at 88.1 KTXT-FM the college radio station. He attended Western State University in California and graded on to Law Review and was a member of the Latino Student Bar Association. Rocky also obtained a degree in Sound Engineering from the Los Angeles Recording School and spent two years as an intern and sound engineer in Los Angeles. Rocky moved back to Texas and started his law practice in Lubbock as a panel attorney in the Lubbock Private Defenders Office. In 2019 he attended Gideon’s Promise in Atlanta, GA as one of the inaugural members of the Future Indigent Defense Leaders program (FIDL 1.0). In May of 2022, Rocky has joined the team at the newly formed Bexar County Managed Assigned Counsel Office in San Antonio, as the Law & Technology Resource Attorney and was later made Director of Technology and Professional Development. In 2024 Rocky joined the team at the Concho Valley Public Defender's Office. Rocky is recognized as an expert in the intersection of criminal defense and data and is a regular speaker on the CLE circuit. At home, Rocky is a proud father of two beautiful boys who keep him busy in his time away from work.