- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Law
- Insurance Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Employment Law
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas by the Supreme Court of Texas, 1946
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, Amarillo Bar Association
- President, 1962-1963
- Member, American Area Bar Association
- Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Assistant Professor of Law, University of Texas, 1946-1948
Special Awards
- 2001 Amarillo Area Bar Association
- Chief Justice Charles L. Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2005 Texas Bar Foundation
- One of Five Best Lawyers in Texas With Fifty Year’s Practice
- LL.B. University of Texas, 1946
- Order of the Coif
- Chancellors
- Phi Delta Phi
- North Texas Agricultural College