I'm originally from Alabama and grew up in Dothan, Alabama where I graduated high school from Dothan High in 1979. After high school, I attended Jacksonville State University where I graduated in 1983 with a degree in Law Enforcement and a minor in English. While attending JSU, I interned with the Calhoun County District Attorney's Office in Anniston, Alabama. After graduating, I married Diane Morgan who graduated with me. We moved to Texas where I accepted a job as a police officer with the Mesquite Police Department and my wife as a R.N. with Baylor University of Medical Center. At Mesquite P.D. I served as a patrol officer, a member of the SWAT team, and was a detective in the Criminal Investigations my last 3 years. I left Mesquite P.D. in 1989 to attend law school at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas where I graduated in 1991. While there, I was on the Dean's List several semesters and recieved the American Jurisprudence Award for having the highest grade in my class in Criminal Procedure. While there, I interned at the Calhoun County District Attorney's Office. After law school, I worked for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office where I prosecuted all types of cases from DWI to Murder. I've been in private practice concentrating primarily on DWI defense and criminal defense. I've been interviewed several times by the media, both locally and nationally. I have lectured frequently to other attorneys on multiple subjects including jury selection, cross examination, and DWI blood testing. The last 3 years I have been voted in the top 5 of Dallas County DWI attorneys as recognized by my peers. I'm a member of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, and a founding member DUI Defense Lawyer's Association. I am Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Less than 10 percent of lawyers in Texas are board certified in their area, and only approximately 842 are board certified in Criminal Law. I have been married since 1983 and I have 2 daughters, one a junior at the University of Texas and the other a senior at the First Baptist Academy in Dallas. In my spare time, I enjoy the outdoors fishing and hunting and playing with all my rescue pets, 3 dogs, 2 Labrador Retrievers and 1 Blue Heeler. Judges, prosecutors, and other attorneys frequently refer me clients because of my reputation.