Year Joined Organization: 1984

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• Personal Injury

Representative Cases

• Gardner v. State, 733 S.W.2d 195 (Tex.Crim.App. 1987)
• Gilley v. Collins, 968 F.2d 465 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1992)
• Pinkston v. State, 681 S.W.2d 893 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1984)
• Dawson v. State, 645 S.W.2d 915 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1983)
• Jackson v. State, 636 S.W.2d 275 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1982)
• Garner v. State, 648 S.W.2d 436 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1983)
• Hewitt v. State, 734 S.W.2d 745 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1987)
• Knight v. State, 635 S.W.2d 650 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1982)
• Lumpkin v. State, 681 S.W.2d 885 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1984)
• Schenck v. State, 624 S.W.2d 757 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1981)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1978

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• Parker County Bar Association, 1980 (President)
• State Bar of Texas (Member, Grievance Committee)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• Beta Gamma Sigma (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Past Employment Positions

• Felony Prosecutor, 1978 - 1984

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1978
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, 1975
  B.B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
• Weatherford Junior College, Weatherford, Texas, 1973
  A.A.

Address

111 York Avenue
Weatherford, TX 76086-3250

Phones

(817) 596-5533

Faxes

(817) 596-8577

Emails

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Websites

http://www.vcslaw.com