WORK EXPERIENCE:
Elected Judge of the 179th District Criminal Court, Nov. 4th, 2008
- Criminal Defense Attorney, January 1989 to present, handling more than 4500 felony cases.
- Staff attorney with Hawker Siddeley Power Engineering Inc. (HSPE), reviewing all terms and conditions of company contracts, monitoring company litigation, negotiating insurance claims, November 1988 to August 1989 Contracts Manager with HSPE, July 1988 to January 1989.
- Summer Associate, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Summers 1986 and 1987.
- Independent translator, Russian & German, 1987 to present.
- Volunteer translator, Russian Olympic Track Team while in Houston, Summer 1980.
- Self-employed residential building contractor, 1974 to 1985.
- Instructor, English as a Second Language, Houston Community College, 1976 to 1979 primarily to Russian immigrants.
- J.D., South Texas College of Law, December 1987.
- Academic: Member, Phi Delta Phi.
- Finalist, Appelate Advocacy Program, Spring 1986; Mock Trial 1986 Business Editor, Annotations.
- Special Interests: Negotiations, International Law, Immigration, Admiralty, Litigation.
- Admitted to the bar: Texas & Washington D.C. 1988.
- B.A., Lamar University in German & History; Honor Society.
- I speak Spanish, Russian, German & rusty French.
