Born:

     Galveston, Texas, September 2, 1949

Admitted:

     State Bar of Texas, 1982

Education: 

     Loyola University, B.B.A., 1971
     Stephen F. Austin State University, M.S.F., 1973
      South Texas College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1982
           Assistant Editor,
                     South Texas Law Journal,  1981
           Delta Theta Phi; Order of Lytae