Born:

     Batesville, Arkansas, May 5, 1953

Admitted

     State Bar of Texas, 1978
     U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
        1979
     U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits,
        1981
     U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
     U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1992
     U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas,
        1994

Education: 

     University of Houston, B.S., 1975
     University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1978

       Phi Alpha Delta

Member:

   Houston Bar Association
   Texas City Attorneys Association
   American Bar Association

City of Houston: 
   Chief, Corporate Section, 1984-1987
   Chief, Litigation Section, 1987-1991

Vice Chairman, City of Houston Civil Service Commission, 1995-1997

JHightower@OlsonOlson.com