Assistant District Attorney of Harris County Texas, 1980-1984
Board Certified, in Criminal Law by The Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 1985
President - Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, 1988-1989
Radio Personality - "The Rock Lawyer" featured on KLOL-FM's "The Moby Show," spring 1989
Ranked among the Top 12 Criminal Defense Lawyers in a poll of local judges and prosecutors conducted and reported by the Houston Chronicle: "The Best Defense - Colleagues polled on Top Attorneys," March 27, 1994
Recognized by The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association with the Attorney of the Year-2001 Award for "Dedication to the Principals and Ideas of American Justice"
Lead singer, rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter for D.B.I. - the five lawyer/ one homicide detective, Criminal Courthouse Rock and Roll Band, 1983-2005
Selected as a Texas Monthly magazine "Superlawyer," 2003 and 2004
Designated as a "Top Lawyer in Houston 2004" and a "Top Lawyer for the People 2005" by H Texas magazine
Lead counsel in more than two hundred jury trials in the Harris County Criminal Courthouse