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.