Awards & Associations
Professional Awards
- Selected as One of the Top Ten Bankruptcy Judges in America — Turn Around & Workout Magazine
- 2004 — Judicial Appreciation Award — National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees
- Outstanding Service Award — Bankruptcy Section, State Bar of Texas 2012
- Banco Rotto Award — Bankruptcy Section, State Bar of Texas 2015
Other Awards
- Outstanding Young Man of Shreveport — 1977
- Junior Officer of the Quarter, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
Professional Organizations & Activities
- State Bar of Texas
- Louisiana Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Corpus Christi Bar Association
- Shreveport Bar Association — Secretary/Treasurer Northwest Louisiana Legal Services — Chairman of Board
- Chairman, Bankruptcy Section — State Bar of Texas 2014-2015
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
Extracurricular Organizations & Activities
- Harbor Playhouse Board of Directors
- President — Corpus Christi Symphony Board of Directors
- President — Shreveport Little Theatre
- Shreveport Opera — Board of Directors, President
- Shreveport Symphony — Board of Directors, Vice President
- Finisher — 1975, 1976 & 1977 International Rice Festival Marathon
- Finisher — 1995 Houston Tenneco Marathon Chairman, Holiday in Dixie Military Ball, 1982 – 1987
- Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee
- Finance Commission of First United Methodist Church of Corpus Christi — 1991
- Finance Committee, Corpus Christi Cathedral 2000 – 2014
- Director, Halo Flight, Helicopter Ambulance Service