Houston Young Lawyers Association (1995-2006); Named a "Texas Rising Star Attorney" by Texas Monthly Magazine (2004); Named a "Fast Track Lawyer" by H Magazine (2004); Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program (Board of Directors 2001-2003); Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inns of Court (1998-2002); Partners in Peer Mediation; Director of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Pro Se Clinic (1998-2001); Visiting Associate Judge, 257th District Court. Publications & CLE Activity: Course Director & Moderator (2004), Houston Bar Association Family Law Institute; Interstate Jurisdictional Issues (2003), Houston Bar Association Family Law Institute; Co-Author, Characterization and Tracing Issues in the New Millennium (2000), University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar; Co-Author, Dealing Effectively with the Mental Health Experts (2000), University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar; CO-Author, Dealing Effectively with the Mental Health Experts (For You, Against You, & Court Appointed) 1997; State Bar Advanced Family Law Course; Co-Author, Resolved: The Statutory Presumption of Joint Managing Conservatorship Implies a Geographical Restriction of the Child's Primary Residence(1996), State Bar Advanced Family Law Course; Co-Author, Effective Preparation and Presentation of a Property Case (1996), South Texas College of Law; Co-Author, Strategies Regarding Possession and Access Above, Below or Outside the standard Possession Guidelines (1994); Co-Author, The Use of AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases as Tort Issues in Divorce (1994), American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.