- Certified Mediator, A. A. White Institute, University of Houston
- Trained Arbitrator, American Bar Association (ABA)
- Presiding Judge, 312th Family District Court for 9 years (2008/2011-2018)
- Administrative Judge, Harris County Family Trial Division 2011-2018
- Associate Judge, 257th Family District Court (2002-2007)
- Visiting Judge in Harris and surrounding counties
- Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Family Law (2004) and Child Welfare Law (2020)
- 2018 Houston Bar Association’s President’s Award for Judicial Leadership
- 2017 David A. Gibson Award for Professionalism & Excellence in Practice of Family Law
- 2015 Judicial Excellence Award from Burta Rhoads Raborn Inns of Court
- Retired Army Judge Advocate Colonel with over 25 years of service in the Texas Army National Guard, including active-duty deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey; Staff Judge Advocate of the 36thInfantry Division Certified Military Judge
- Previous Adjunct Law Professor, University of Houston Law Center and South Texas College of Law
- Graduate, U.S. Army War College (2020 – Masters of Strategic Studies – M.S.S.)
- Graduate, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (1994 – J.D.)
- Graduate, Texas A&M University (1991 – B.A. – History)