Barton, East & Caldwell, L.L.P.
Associate, December 2006 to present
Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate, including Sales, Acquisitions, Leases and Lending; Estate Planning from Wills to Probate; Business Organizations; Civil Litigation.

Solo Practitioner, June - December 2006
Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Misdemeanor Criminal Defense; Family Law

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, September 2005-June 2006
Briefing Attorney

USAA, Claims Adjuster, February 1994 - August 2002

St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
Juris Doctor, May 2005
Class Rank: Top 14%; Ranked 35 out of 238

Studen Activities

• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Intern for Justice Emilio M. Garza
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Intern for Justice Edward C. Prado
• The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues, Staff Writer
• Teaching Assistant for Beginning and Advanced Legal Research
• Contributing Editor for Keeping Current, a bi-monthly column in the ABA's Real Property and Probate magazine
• Moot Court Competition, Quarter-Finalist
• Federal Bar Association 2003 Student of the Year Award
• Student Bar Association - Senator
• Phi Delta Phi (Honors Fraternity)

Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas
Master of Arts, English Literature, 2002, Grade Point: 4.0

The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Bachelor of Arts, Major: English Literature, Minor: Psychology, 1990

• ABA, Section of Real Property and Probate
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association
• San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association