Memorial High School, Houston, TX Graduated 1972
President of Student Council
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1976
B.A. with Honors, Political Science
Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholar
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX 1979
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, November 1979
Licensed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, April 1981
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, December 2000 - Present
Member of the State Bar of Texas since November, 1979
Member of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas
Member of the Houston Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Member of the Houston Urban Debate League (Mentor at Waltrip High School)
Member of the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce
AV Preeminent rated Martindale-Hubbell, since 1994
Texas' Top Rated Lawyers, 2013-2020, as published in the Texas Lawyer, based on the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating
Houston's Top Lawyers, 2013 and 2014. Excellence in Personal Injury Law, H Texas Magazine
Of Counsel to PERDUE & KIDD, Houston, Texas
Lead counsel in more than 100 jury trials