Committees

2009

  • President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Finance Committee
  • DAYL Summer Internship Program for Law Students
  • DBA Judiciary Committee
  • DBA Mock Trial Committee
  • DBA Admission & Membership Co-Chair
  • DBA Bench Bar Committee
  • DBA Mentoring Committee Co-Chair
  • Dallas Minority Attorney Program - Speaker
  • NITA Associate Mock Trial Training Program - Judge
  • TTLA CLE Seminar – Speaker (only judge invited to speak)
  • Lorman CLE Seminar – Speaker/Panelist
  • AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition – Judge
  • DAYL “Lunch & Learn” CLE – Speaker
  • Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow (Only 1/3rd of 1% of the State Bar members is nominated each year)
  • NBI Trial Practice/Judicial Forum – CLE Speaker/Panelist
  • DBA Law Students and Professionalism Program – Discussion Leader
  • DAYL BOD Resolution of Appreciation to Judge Carlos Cortez
  • Howard University, Washington D.C. - Young & Powerful Political Forum & Roundtable Discussion - Speaker/Panelist
  • Mesquite Bar Association - Featured Speaker

2008

  • DAYL Summer Internship Program for Law Students
  • City of Dallas Judicial Nomination Commission
  • DBA E-mentor (DISD)
  • DAYL Mentor Program
  • DBA Admissions/Membership Committee – Co-Vice Chair
  • DBA Judiciary Committee – Member
  • DBA Mock Trial Committee – Member
  • NBI Litigation CLE Seminar – Panelist/Speaker
  • DBA Business Litigation CLE Seminar – Panelist/Speaker
  • DBA Texas Mock Trial Championship (Region 10 and State) – Judge
  • Dallas Minority Attorney Program CLE Seminar – Panelist
  • DBA Judiciary CLE Seminar (Rule 202 & Potential Med Mal Lawsuits) – Speaker/Moderator
  • N. Dallas Bar Association – Speaker
  • DBA EthicsFest – Speaker/Panelist
  • State Civil District Courts Bailiff Committee
  • Court Reporters Committee – Representative to Commissioners Court
  • DAYL Brief Writing CLE – Panelist/Speaker
  • Life Fellow of the DAYL Foundation
  • DBA Law Student & Professionalism Program – Discussion Leader
  • NITA “Taking and Defending Depositions” Program at SMU
  • DBA Collaborative Law Section – Panelist/Speaker
  • Texas Center for the Judiciary Evidence Seminar (1st place team)
  • UT CLE Seminar – “From Sign Up to Settlement”
  • Co-Chair and Speaker at the DBA Annual Bench Bar Conference
  • SMU Law School TTLA Chapter – Panelist/Speaker

2007

  • DAYL Summer Internship Program for Law Students
  • Member of the D.A.Y.L. Judiciary Committee
  • Judge for Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
  • Member of the DBA Judicial Task Force
  • City of Dallas Judicial Nomination Commission
  • Dallas County Juror Services Implementation Project
  • DAYL Solo & Small Firm Section Judicial Panelist
  • Speaker at the DBA Judiciary Committee CLE Presentation
  • Speaker at the “Practice & Procedure” DBA CLE Presentation
  • Member of the Dallas County Jury Management System Reform Committee
  • Speaker at the DBA Trial Skills Section CLE Presentation
  • Speaker at the Mesquite Bar Association
  • Speaker at the DBA Annual Bench Bar Conference
  • Co-Chair ADR Seminar at the DBA Annual Bench Bar Conference
  • Speaker at the Garland Bar Association
  • DBA E-mentor (DISD)
  • DAYL Mentor Program
  • SMU Law School ADR – Panelist/Speaker
  • DBA “Law in the Schools” Program – Teacher
  • Univ. of Houston Advanced P.I. CLE – Moderator
  • Panelist/Speaker at the DAYL Voir Dire CLE
  • Mock Trial Training Seminar – Judge
  • GISD Bi-annual Courthouse Fieldtrip (Lakeview Centennial)