- Past chair, Judicial Division, American Bar Association
- Past chair, State of Texas Multi-District Litigation Panel
- Past president, Dallas Bar Association
- Past chair, Appellate Judges Conference, American Bar Association
- Past chair, Appellate Judges Education Institute
- Past chair, Judicial Section, State Bar of Texas
- Past chair, Dallas Bar Foundation
- Past executive committee/board of directors, State Bar of Texas
- Past member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association
- Member, The American Law Institute
- Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation, and Dallas Bar Foundation
- Past commissioner, Texas Access to Justice Commission
- Past president, Mac Taylor Inn of Court
- Member, The Honorary Serjeant’s Inn of Dallas-Fort Worth Inn of Court
- Board of directors, Unlocking Doors
- Co-founder and former chair, Attorneys Serving the Community
- Past chair and board member, Women’s Resource Center, Dallas YWCA
- Past president, Community Service Fund (Dallas Voluntary Attorney Program)
- Past commissioner – Public Safety and Corrections, e-Texas Commission
- Past vice chair and board member, The Dallas Foundation
- Trustee, Center for American and International Law
- Member, International Women’s Forum
- Justice, Court of Appeals for the 5th District of Texas at Dallas, 2003-2018
- Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
Education
- University of Missouri School of Law, J.D., editorial board, Missouri Law Review; American Jurisprudence Awards for Corporations and Criminal Law
- University of Missouri at Columbia, B.A.