EDUCATION:

• Graduated Harlingen High School May 1971.
• Attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas 1971-1973.

CERTIFICATIONS:       

                       

BOARD CERTIFIED PARALEGAL ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE LAW 

TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION -- December 1999

 

ACP

• National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. 
  

• Certified Paralegal exam - September 1986 
• Advanced Certification exam -- January 1999 - Probate & Estate Planning
• Advanced Certification exam -- September 2005 - Real Estate

PLS       

• NALS -- the association for legal professionals
• PLS -- the advanced certification for the legal professional exam - March 1994

 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Member of the State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division since 1985 (District 15 Director, 2009-present)
• Member of NALS -- the association for legal professionals since 1988
• Member of the Texas Association of Legal Professionals since 1988, having served as a state chairman and officer for ten years, including serving as its President in 2003-2004
• Member of the Rio Grande Valley Estate Planning Council since January 2002
• Charter Member of the Paralegal Division of the College of the State Bar of Texas