- Council member, Houston Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section (2016-2023)
- Treasurer (2018)
- Immediate past chair (2022)
- Chair (2021)
- Chair-elect (2020)
- Vice chair (2019)
- Deacon, City Life Houston
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2010, notes and comments editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal
- Louisiana State University Honors College, B.A., cum laude, 2005, Upper Division Honors; political science
Bar Admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Speaker, “Practical Steps for Protecting Trade Secrets,” Troutman Pepper Locke Webinar, August 26, 2025.
- Speaker, “Legal Issues Employers Face in 2024: What You Need to Know,” Locke Lord, February 21, 2024.
- Speaker, “Legal Issues Employers Face in 2023 What You Need to Know,” Locke Lord, February 15, 2023.
- Speaker, “Non-Competes and Other Ancillary Matters: Enforcing Restrictive Covenants and Obtaining Injunctions in State Court,” Houston Bar Association: Non-Competes and Other Ancillary Matters, October 11, 2022.
- Speaker, “Employment Issues for a Post-Pandemic Workforce: What Are the Next Steps?” Locke Lord, October 22, 2020.
- Speaker, “Trying an Employment Case—Voir Dire to Closing,” Houston Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, May 13, 2019.
- Speaker, “EEOC Update: Tips, Trends, and Techniques for Responding to EEOC Charges,” Locke Lord, February 28, 2019.
- Co-author, “Florida’s CHOICE Act Expected to Expand Employer-Friendly Non-Compete Laws on July 1,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 18, 2025.
- Author, “FTC’s Final Rule Banning Non-Competes: What Is It and How “Final” Is It?” Locke Lord, June 2024.
- Author, “The Federal Trade Commission Issues Non-Compete Ban, but Legal Challenges Await,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, April 23, 2024.
- Author, “How Inflation in 2022 Could Affect Non-Compete Agreements in 2023,” Locke Lord, February 2023.
- Author, “FTC Proposes Broad Non-Compete Ban: What Employers Can Expect Next,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, January 18, 2023.
- Author, “The Federal Trade Commission Targets M&A Non-Competes,” Locke Lord, October 2022.
- Author, “2022 Sees Increases to Minimum Wage Rates and Exempt Salary Thresholds Under State (and Local) Law,” Locke Lord, February 2022.
- Author, “Know What’s Below, Call Before You Dig: New State-Law Non-Compete Traps May Lie Beneath the Surface,” Locke Lord, July 2021.
- Author, “Biden Administration Executive Order Seeks to Curtail the Unfair Use of Non-Compete Clauses,” Locke Lord, July 2021.
- Author, “A Day Rate and a Dollar Short: The Fifth Circuit Continues to Make Key Wage and Hour Rulings,” Locke Lord, May 2021.
- Author, “Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements in a Pandemic,” Locke Lord, July 2020.
- Author, “One Size May Not Fit All: Drafting and Enforcing Non-Compete Agreements,” Locke Lord, February 27, 2020.
- Author, “Non-Compete Agreements: One Size May Not Fit All,” Locke Lord, January 2020.
- Quoted, “Florida’s New, Pro-Employer Non-Compete Law Rife with Ambiguities That Will Vex Compliance Teams,” Corporate Counsel, July 22, 2025.
- Quoted, “Companies Tackle Noncompetes With Nuance Amid FTC Legal Appeals,” Bloomberg Law, January 13, 2025.