Order of the Coif. Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Abilene Bar Association, 2000. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Tech Law Review, 1991. Author, "Texas Finally Adopts a Standard by Which to Govern Former Client Conflicts of Interest: Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.09," Texas Tech Law Review, 1990. Author, "Substantive Causal Requirement in Title VII Individual Disparate Treatment Litigation: Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S., 109 S. Ct. 1775, 104 L. Ed. 2d 268 (1989)," Texas Tech Law Review, 1990.