Education: 

• Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, December 2001 – Doctor of Juris Prudence, Cum Laude.
• University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 1986 – 1988, Master’s Studies, Urban Policy.
• The Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA, May 1985:  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science.
  

Practice Areas of Concentration: 

•  Federal Employment Discrimination:
  

Title 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e et. seq., as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991;
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, 29 U.S.C. Section 623 et.seq., as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991;
Federal Civil Rights, Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Title 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
 

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC);
  

Texas Health and Human Services Commission;
Federal and State Criminal Defense;
Contract Review, Negotiations, and Analysis; and
Document Review and analysis

Experience and Qualifications:

• Trial/Hearing Experience at Federal, State, and Administrative levels
• Writings: U.S. Supreme Court,  Federal, and State Writs;  Appellate Briefs; Memorandums of Law; and Motions drafting.
• Extensive research, depositions, witness preparation and interviews
  

Admissions/Affiliations:

• State Bar of Texas
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel Attorney
• Houston Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Lectures/Seminars:

• N.A.A.C.P. Community Law Seminar, Houston, Texas
• National Blog Talk Radio guest speaker Jury Service, November 2012
• Marshall Foundation against Gun Violence, Houston, Texas, Panelist, May 2013
• Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, Judge, Mock Trial Competition, November 2012
• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, Judge Mock Trial Competition, November 2004
• Houston Volunteer Lawyer’s Hotline, Houston, Texas, 2007, and 2008
• 4th  Annual Hon. Craig Washington & Sen. Rodney Ellis Excellence in  Indigent Defense Series & ABA Tenth Annual Summit On Indigent  Defense Improvement, February 6 – 7, 2015, Thurgood Marshall School of  Law, Houston, Texas.  Topic: Ethics and Indigent Representation.

Awards
Who’s Who among American Law Students, 2001