• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1982 – 2006 · 24 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, N.D. Texas

  Judge

  1975 – 1982 · 7 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

Career

• Adjunct professor of constitutional law

  Southern Methodist University Law School

  1976 – present · 50 yrs

• Private practice

  1964 – 1975 · 11 yrs

• U.S. Air Force judge advocate

  1961 – 1964 · 3 yrs