Jim’s Community Involvement

Professional & Law Enforcement Qualifications and Associations

• Thirty year law enforcement veteran.
• Texas certified Master Peace Officer.
• Licensed Texas attorney admitted and qualified as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Former 2nd Assistant District Attorney and Chief of Special Prosecutions for the Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
• Special Prosecutor in a 2008 felony public corruption case against a sitting North Texas district attorney. Co-author of “Violating the Public’s Trust,” an article describing the case, which was published in The Prosecutor Magazine.
• Seven-year military service as a U.S. Air Force Security Police Dog Handler, EST Team (SWAT) member, and Criminal Investigator.
• Former member of the Board of Directors for the North Texas Crime Commission.
• Former board member for the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas and served as Chair of its Legislative Affairs Committee.
• Member of the National Sheriffs’ Association Executive Committee serving as their Treasurer, and Chair of the NSA’s Governmental Affairs Committee.
• Graduate from the 114th Session of the prestigious National Sheriffs’ Institute.
• Graduate of the National Sheriffs’ Institute Jail Administration Course at the FBI Training Academy, Quantico, VA
• Featured in the August 1996 Reader’s Digest article titled, “To Catch Three Thieves,” for the investigation and international manhunt of organized criminal telemarketers responsible for stealing over $58 million from senior citizens across the United States and Canada.
• 2019 Congressional Veteran Commendation recipient.
• Judge Advocate General for the American Legion Bill Bryant Post 110, McKinney, Texas.
• Board of Directors Trustee, Collin County Meals on Wheels.