Admitted:
State Bar of Texas, 1984

Practice Areas:
Municipal Litigation, Utility Law, Water Law, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation and Employment Law

Education:
University of Texas, B.A, 1980 (with honors), University of Texas, J.D., 1983

Court Admissions:
Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern Southern Districts of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court

Honors and Distinctions:
Former Chair State Bar of Texas Racial Diversity in the Profession Committee f/k/a Opportunities for Minorities in the Profession Committee, Mexican American Bar Association-San Antonio’s Presidential Citation (1993), Former Chair of the San Antonio Bar Foundation’s Legal Literacy Program

Professional Memberships and Activities:
State Bar of Texas, San Antonio Bar Association, former member of Texas Minority Counsel Program Steering Committee, former member of the Corporate Counsel, Litigation, Public Utility and Government Lawyers Sections of State Bar of Texas, participant in San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and MALDEF Leadership Programs, former adjunct faculty member at St. Mary’s University School of Business, Texas A&M-San Antonio, University of Texas-San Antonio and San Antonio College

Languages:
Spanish

Personal:
Born April 14, 1958, Tucson, Arizona, married to Janet Baker Ruiz with three children.