Admissions
1984, Texas
1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
2001, U.S. Supreme Court
1984, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Memberships
Dallas (Director, annual "Bar None" Production, inception—
Recipient, Outstanding Committee Chair Award, 1992, 2005
Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2002
Chairman, Bar None Production Company Committee, 1987—
Charter Council Member, Business Litigation and Trial Skills Sections
Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Committee, 1999) and American Bar Associations
State Bar of Texas (Certificate of Recognition, Women and the Law Section, 1995)
Federal Bar Association (Dallas Chapter President, 1999
Fifth Circuit Vice President, 2002-2004
Recipient, President's Award, 2003
Chair, Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award Committee, 2003-2005
National Convention Chair, 2002
National Council Member, 2001-2002, 2006-2007
1999 National Winner of Elaine "Boots" Fisher Award for Exemplary Community, Public, and Charitable Service)
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Law Institute.
Bar Fellowship
Dallas Bar Foundation (Life); Texas Bar Foundation; Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (Charter Member; Vice President of the Fellows, 2003-2005; Trustee, 2006-2012; Secretary, 2007-2009); William "Mac" Taylor, Jr. 112th American Inn of Court, Master (Inn President, 2003-2005). Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award from SMU's Dedman School of Law, 2005. Selected by Texas Monthly Magazine and Law & Politics Media, Texas Super Lawyer, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Listed in: Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; Who's Who In American Law; Who's Who In the South and Southeast.