Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Estate and Trust Administration
• Special Needs Trusts
• Elder Law/Medicaid Planning

Certification/Specialties

• Estate Planning & Probate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1981

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1981
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of Barristers
  Honors: National Moot Court Team, National Client Counseling Team
  
  
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1974
  B.A., American Studies
  
  

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers in America, 2001 - Present
• Designated a "Texas Super Lawyer in Estate Planning/Trusts", Texas Monthly Magazine, 2007
• Rated AV by Martindale Hubell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar Texas, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section
  
  
• Texas Academy of Probate and Trust Lawyers
  
  
• El Paso County Probate Bar Association, Vice President
  
  
• El Paso Estate Planning Council, President 2004-2005
  
  
• National Association of Elder law Attorneys
  
  
• National Guardianship Association
  
  
• El Paso Planned Giving Council, Chairman 1991
  
  
• Town of Clint, Municipal Judge, 1994-1998
  
  
• State Bar Texas, Grievance Committee, 1987-1990
  
  
• El Paso Women's Bar Association, President, 1988
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Advisory Board, Salvation Army
• Planned Giving & Endowment Board, St. Mark's United Methodist Church

Birth Information

• June 4, 1952, San Angelo, Texas