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SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
Professional Summary
Over eighteen years of experience including an outstanding record of performance in planning, preparing and managing criminal, civil, and administrative law cases. Excellent analytical, investigative, organizational, negotiation and courtroom litigation skills. Proven ability to analyze statutes, ordinances, case law and factual data. Organized, resourceful, and highly trained individual with exceptional follow-through abilities and management skills, able to plan and oversee projects from origin to conclusion
Skills
Affiliations
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, November 1997
Work History
City of Houston Legal DepartmentSenior Assistant City Attorney | Houston, TX | January 1998 - Current
  • Coordinating and supervising "Domestic Violence" caseloads from 2002 - present.
  • Have handled wide variety of administrative and enforcement hearings such as animal cruelty hearings in Harris County Justice Court Precinct 6, Place 2 before the Honorable Judge Armando Rodriguez, dangerous dog hearings, nuisance abatement hearings, bond forfeiture hearings, including filing of and argument in a contempt hearing against Attorney Kameron Searle presided over by the Honorable Judge Mark Atkinson of Harris Criminal Court at Law.
  • Represented the City as a member of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council from.
  • Teaching municipal law, enforcement strategies, courtroom etiquette and procedure to various City enforcement divisions including, HPD Academy, HPD Differential Response Team, Neighborhood Protection, Building, Plumbing and Electrical, Health, Aviation, Water, etc.
  • Extra-territorial Jurisdiction specialist-tried and won multiple cases on Curtis Brooks and RTM Media, worked with Jim Moriarty on RTM Media injunction case; assisted George Secrest in preparation of Appellant's Brief and argument before the 1st Court of Appeals in Curtis A.
  • Brooks vs.
  • The State of Texas 2006.
  • Served as Bond Forfeiture Specialist, including attending Harris County Bail Bond Board Meetings.
Harris County Attorney's OfficeTemp | Houston, TX | January 1998 - January 2008
  • Have tried hundreds of cases before jury Have presented to and instructed Municipal Prosecution Section and Municipal Judges on subjects such as bond forfeitures, surrender of surety, domestic violence, and Magistrate's Order of Emergency Protection Conducting pretrial conferences and negotiate settlements; Manages large caseloads efficiently Researches legal issues and drafts memoranda, motions, discovery and other pleadings Works closely with judges on trials and hearings; Gained a valuable working knowledge of the court procedures.
Harris County District Attorney's OfficePaid Legal Intern | Houston, TX | January 1996 - January 1997
  • Successfully represented Harris County in a garnishment hearing.
  • Researched cases and prepared legal memoranda, orders, judgments, decrees, and other pleadings.
  • Drafted and responded to discovery documents.
Houston Law Center Criminal Prosecution ClinicAcademic Legal Intern | January 1996
  • Represented Harris County in a mental competency hearing before a jury.
  • Assisted in docket management; Researched criminal issues and met with investigators regarding cases.
  • Observed trials in misdemeanor, felony and juvenile cases.
Education
Doctor of JurisprudenceUniversity of Houston Law Center Southern Methodist UniversityHouston Dallas, TX | 1997
Bachelor of ArtsPolitical Science | 1994Political Science
Additional Information
  • LEADERSHIP, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT A. A. White Dispute Resolution Center - Qualified Mediator, 2002 Course Director - 9th Annual TMCEC Prosecutor's Skills Seminar, 2002 MCLE Course Lecturer on "Bond Forfeitures" at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1998 Hippard Mock Trial Competition, 1995 John Black Moot Court Competition, 1995
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • City of Houston Legal Department
  • Harris County Attorney's Office
  • Harris County District Attorney's Office
  • Houston Law Center Criminal Prosecution Clinic

School Attended

  • University of HoustonLaw Center Southern Methodist University

Job Titles Held:

  • Senior Assistant City Attorney
  • Temp
  • Paid Legal Intern
  • Academic Legal Intern

Degrees

  • Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Bachelor of Arts Political Science

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