Professional Planning, Practical Advice, Reasonable Rates

• Managing Partner
  • ADAMS, KING & SMITH
  • 1996 - Present
• Regional Defense Counsel
  • United States Army
  • 1995 - 1996
• Alternate Municipal Judge
  • City of Longview, Texas
  • 1985 - 1999
•  Associate
  • Adams & Sheppard
  • 1983 - 1984
• Managing Attorney
  • East Texas Legal Services (Now Lone Star Legal Aid)
  • 1981 - 1983
• Trial Attorney
  • East Texas Legal Services (Now Lone Star Legal Aid)
  • 1980 - 1981
• Adjunct Professor
  • Northwestern State University, Louisiana
  • 1979 - 1980
• Appellate Attorney
  • United States Army, Washington, D.C.
  • 1979 - 1980
• Editor-in-Chief
  • United States Army, Defense Appellate Division, Washington, D.C.,  Judge Advocate General's Corps
  • 1979 - 1980
• Legal Assistance Officer
  • United States Army
  • 1979 - 1979
• Defense Counsel
  • United States Army
  • 1976 - 1979
• Trial Counsel
  • United States Army
  • 1973 - 1976
• Trial Team Commander and Trial Counsel
  • United States Army and Army Reserve, J.A.G. Corps

Education

• United States Army Command and General Staff College
  • 1995
• The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center, University of Virginia
  • Advanced Course
  • 1980
• University of Texas School of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor
  • 1976
• University of Texas System, Austin
  • BA - Bachelor of Arts
  • 1973
• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Studies toward a Master of Laws Degree, an advanced, postgraduate academic degree in law.

Sample of Legal Cases

• The Supreme Court of the United States, certiorari denied; Everitt v. City of Marshall;

Associations

• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section
• Gregg County Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Certificate of Appreciation
  • Gregg County Pro Bono Project
  • 2013
• Certificate of Appreciation
  • Gregg County Pro Bono Project
  • 2010
• Pro Bono Leadership Award
  • Gregg County Pro Bono Project
  • 2002
• Armed Forces Reserve Medal
  • United States Army
  • 1990
• President's Award
  • Gregg County Pro Bono Project
  • 1985
• FOUNDER'S AWARD
  • Gregg County Bar Association
  • 1983
• Army Commendation Medal With Oak Leaf Cluster
  • United States Army
  • 1980
• Editor-in-Chief
  • Defense Appellate Division, United States Army
  • 1980
• Army Commendation Medal
  • United States Army
  • 1979
• National Defense Service Medal
  • United States Army
  • 1977
• American Jurisprudence award
  • University of Texas School of Law, Bancroft-Whitney
  • 1974
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society
  • University of Texas School of Law
  • 1974
• Outstanding Military Science Student
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • 1973
• Distinguished Military Graduate
  • University of Texas, Military Science Department
  • 1973

Publications

• The Advocate
  • Brady v. Maryland

Speaking Engagements