Legal Recruiting
04/2001 – Present
- In charge of recruiting attorneys with a variety of skills and practice areas for temporary and permanent placement in openings at law firms and corporate legal departments
- Responsible for the development of relationships with clients ensuring continuing job orders for attorney placement
- Develop consultant relationships with candidates to guide them toward my clients’ opportunities
- Consult with corporate legal departments regarding succession planning
- Consult with law firms regarding firm-wide growth strategies
Braun Recruiting
Providus
Ad Hoc Legal Resources
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
Psychotherapist
01/1996 – 02/2001
- Provided counseling and therapy to a wide variety of clients with a niche practice centering around the mental health of attorneys and their families
- Responsible for highest quality client care and/or referral
- In charge of marketing to increase client load
- Provided speeches on mental health and stress management
- Conducted workshops for social workers and other mental health providers
The Grace Stuart Counseling Center (also performed internships and contract counseling at University of Houston Counseling and Testing Services, Rice University Counseling Center, Meridian Partial Hospitalization Program, and Weinberger & Associates)
Law Practice
09/1985 – 12/1995 (briefly left law practice to play semi-professional basketball in Germany 09/1989 – 06/1990)
- General legal representation of over 50 public school districts, junior colleges, private schools, and other entities
- Responsible for regularly advising school superintendents and other administrators regarding legal issues influencing public education and consulting with elected school boards at public board meetings regarding legal problems or litigation confronting school districts
- Developed and revised preventive practice literature for school districts and junior colleges
- Provided speeches and in-services to educators on various legal topics
- A substantial portion of this practice involved administrative hearings and litigation in state and federal courts
- Administrative practice included participation in hearings before hearing officers, administrator panels, school boards, and the Texas Education Agency
- Litigation practice involved court hearings, motion practice, written and oral discovery practice, settlement negotiation, and appellate practice in lawsuits with varying subject matters
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Bracewell & Patterson (currently known as Bracewell & Giuliani)
Education
- Juris Doctor, Baylor University School of Law
- Master of Social Work, Mental Health Concentration, University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work
- Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Business Management, Houston Baptist University
Selected Civic Honors & Activities
- Chairman, Steering Committee, Houston Baptist University Basketball Tip Off Club (2013 – 2015)
- Board of Trustees, First Universalist Unitarian Church of Houston (2009 -2012)
- Chairman, Adult Programs Committee, First Universalist Unitarian Church of Houston (2005 -2009)
- Board Member, Sister Cities of Houston (2006 – present)
- Board Member (1993 to present) & President (1997,2003,2011), Houston Leipzig Sister City Association
- Houston Baptist University Alumni Association Board Chair (2009)
- Houston Baptist University, Meritorious Alumnus (1994)
- Eagle Scout, BSA
- Chief of Colonneh Lodge, Honor Scouts, BSA