Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1972-1985
City attorney, Kendleton, Texas, 1975-1981
City attorney, Prairie View, Texas
Presiding judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District Court, 1981-1982
Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program, South Texas College, 1981-1982
Adjunct professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, 1983-1984
Justice, First Court of Appeals of Texas, 1985-1988