So, in year 20, I will continue to do what I have always done and do my best to represent people accused of crimes in Grayson, Fannin and sometimes Cooke County. I had the opportunity to run for district attorney in one of our counties but could not bring myself…
I also started doing Federal CJA appointments in 2006 and it took about five years to really begin to learn what I was doing in federal court, which is normal for most lawyers. The Sentence Guidelines are a penal-mathematical formula that every attorney must try to master and none completely…
It is always a challenge to get juries to understand what the problems were on a machine that the state put forth as scientifically qualified. The State of Texas was the last one to finally upgrade to the Intoxilyzer 9000, which still has some issues. But back then, most of…
I joined Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers association and attended every seminar I could, driving to Tyler, Corpus Christi, Huntsville for Criminal Trial College and even Laredo for a seminar. I eagerly wanted to learn how to protect my clients and learned the tools of the trade as fast as I…
On November 5, 2025, I will have practiced law for twenty years. I started out in 2005 with a desk, phone and covering the hearings for a personal injury attorney in 2005 in Sherman, TX. The local judges had known me from interning for Sheriff Keith Gary, Judge Paul Brown,…
My two oldest nephews and six of their friends came out and wanted to learn basketball, and drew me as their coach for better or worse. I felt bad when I was too hard on them at times (although I was too easy at others), but they all gave a…
This year I had the privilege of coaching eight young men in 5th and 6th grade basketball. I thought that I would descend from the clouds and teach them everything there is to know about basketball, but I believe that I learned a whole lot more about coaching, teaching and…
Last week I had the pleasure of defending one of the finest young men I have ever represented. He was falsely accused of a horrible act and we were fortunate to have a wise jury who listened very attentively to our evidence and came to the correct conclusion. I am…
I have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving in Sherman, Texas. I am most thankful that I have such a good family support network in all I do, and that my family understands what I do for a living. It is sacrifice to work all the time to be…
In the middle of this sea of injustice is the lonely, scared, powerless citizen branded “defendant” by the system. The citizen has been accused of a crime he hasn’t committed and knows nothing about crime or law or justice or defending himself. In our society, an accusation goes a long…