Education

• Doctor of Jurisprudence with Honors, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law


• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Arizona State University

Awards

• President's Commendation:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), "For Tremendous Advocacy on Behalf of Immigrants and Your Outstanding Contributions to the Association." June 21, 1997

Positions Held

• Member of AILA National Finance Committee, 2003-2004
• Editorial Advisory Board- AILA's Immigration Law Today, 2004-Present
• Member, Board of Governors, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2002-2003
• Chair, Texas Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2002-2003
• Vice Chair, Texas Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2001-2002
• Treasurer, Texas Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2000-2001
• Secretary, Texas Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1999-2000
• Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, 1997
• Member Texas State Bar Committee on Laws Relating to Immigration and Nationality, 1993-2004
• Member of The College of the State Bar of Texas, 1998- Present
• Chair of Advisory Commission on Immigration and Nationality Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005-present
• Vice Chair of Advisory Commission on Immigration and Nationality Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2004-2005
• Member of Advisory Commission on Immigration and Nationality Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2002-2004
• Assistant Texas Attorney General, 1988-90
• Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Bob Gammage, Associate Justice, Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District, 1987-88
• Member of the State Bar of Texas, licensed to practice law, November 6, 1987

Continuing Legal Education

• Chair, Family, Asylum, Removal Committee, AILA Annual Conference 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Chair, AILA Fall Conference 2003, San Antonio, Texas
• Speaker, Spring 2002 Conference of the Texas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 22, 2002
• Speaker, Fall 2001 Conference of the Texas Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, November 9, 2001
• Speaker, 2000 Annual Conference, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago, IL
• Chair, Spring 2001 Conference of Texas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Austin, Texas, April 26-28, 2001
• Moderator, Washington Spring Forum, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2000
• Ethics Coordinator, 1998-99, Texas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Speaker, Fall 1998, University of Texas at Austin, 22^nd Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality
• Member Planning Committee University of Texas at Austin 22^nd Annual Conference on Immigration and Nationality, San Antonio, TX 1998
• Speaker, Spring 1997 Conference of the Texas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, South Padre Island, Texas, April 11, 1997
• Co-Chair Fall 1996 Conference of the Texas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 31, 1996

Languages

Spanish and English