ProfProfessional Experience.

• District Judge, 295th District Court, Harris County, Texas 1988-1994

• Member, Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislative Session

• Adjunct Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, 1989-present. Recipient of Professor Excellence Award 1990-1991
• Professor Excellence Award 1990-1991 

• Labor Arbitration Panel Member, Judicial Workplace Arbitrations

• Arbitrator, City of Houston Minority, Women Business Enterprise Contracting Program

• Member, Texas Bar Association: Judicial Section; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.  Licensed, November 1976

• Member, Colorado Bar Association 

• Member, Federal Bar, United States Supreme Court

• Member, Federal Bar, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

• Member, Federal Bar, Southern District of Texas

• Member, Federal Bar, Western District of Texas.

• Member, Governor’s Task Force on State Aviation Policy, 1982 - 1984

• Associate, Saccomanno, Clegg, Martin and Kipple, 1976-1980

• Founding Partner: Founding Partner: Green, Downey, Patterson & Schultz, P.C., 1980 – 1988

• Partner, Gallagher, Lewis & Downey, 2000-2003; Gallagher, Lewis, Downey & Kim, 2003-2004

• Executive Director, Texas College of Trial Advocacy, South Texas College of Law, 1992 – 1996

• Member, Texas Bar Association (1976)

• Member, Colorado Bar Association

• Mediation Training: Attorney - Mediators Institute

• Advanced Mediation Training: Attorney - Mediators Institute

Education:

• Juris Doctor, Michigan State University College of Law (1976)

• Master of Labor & Industrial Relations, School of Industrial Relations, Michigan State University (1981)

• Bachelor of Arts, Michigan State University (1972)