• Represents sellers and buyers in acquisition and sales of commercial properties, farm and ranch lands, and residential properties
• Represents financial institutions in mortgage lending matters including documentation of loans, modifications, and foreclosures
• Represents title companies in various aspects including title work
• Like-kind exchanges
• General estate and tax planning including wills, family trusts, and life insurance trusts
• Family business planning including family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and general corporate matters
• Charitable planning
• Creditor protection planning
• Marital planning
• Estate and trust administration including probate, general fiduciary representation, and preparation of federal estate and gift tax returns.
• Guardianships

• Admitted to the State Bar of Texas by the Supreme Court of Texas, 1981
• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• State Bar of Texas Section on Real Estate Property and Probate
• Amarillo Bar Association
  • Secretary/Treasurer, 1989-1990
  • Director, 1994-1995
• Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council
• Amarillo Area Foundation – External Relations Committee
• Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
• Amarillo Symphony, Inc.
  • Secretary, 2005-2007
  • Director, 2004-2011
• Amarillo Symphony Guild, president, 2012-2013
• Texas Plains Girl Scout Council, past president
• Amarillo Art Force, past president

Publication

• Co-author, “Texas Division Orders and the Texas Division Order Statute,” 18th Annual Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law and State Bar of Texas

• J.D. Southern Methodist University, 1981
  • Phi Delta Phi scholastic honorary fraternity
  • Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Southwestern Law Journal
• B.A. Baylor University, 1977