-Shareholder,
United American Reporting Services, Inc.
-Education
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Plainview High School,
Plainview, Texas, 1965
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Southwest Business College, 1967
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U.S. Naval Yeoman's School, 1969
-Work Experience Since College
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Served six years in the United
States Naval Reserve with one year active duty as a court reporter at the
Naval Guided Missile School at Dam Neck, Virginia.
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Freelance court reporter in
Oklahoma City with the firm of Kirkpatrick Reporting for one year.
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Freelance court reporter in
Dallas starting the firm of Federal Court Reporters with Mickey Waldie in
February 1971.
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Continuing service as a
freelance court reporter after merging Federal Court Reporters into United
American Reporting Services, Inc., 1986 to present.
-Professional Credentials
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Texas CSR Number 672
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Holder of NCRA Certificate of
Proficiency
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Holder of NCRA Certificate of
Merit
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Holder of NCRA Registered
Diplomate Reporter
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TCRA Burris Cup Qualifier in
1976
-Professional Memberships
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Dallas County Shorthand
Reporters Association
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Service as president of the
Dallas County Shorthand Reporters Association in 1979
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Texas Court Reporters
Association
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Service as a member of the board
of directors of the Texas Court Reporters Association from 1978-1992
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Service as president of the
Texas Court Reporters Association from 1983-1984
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National Court Reporters
Association
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Currently serving as member of
the National Court Reporters Association Board of Directors (since 1998)
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Society for the Technological
Advancement of Reporting (STAR)
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Founding member of Legal Image
Network Communications (LINC), serving as its vice president and treasurer
in 1991
-Professional Committee
Memberships
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Two terms on the Texas State Bar
Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
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TCRA legislative chairman,
1980-1982
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FAIR PAC president, 1979-1984
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Advisory Committee member of
Court Reporting Institute of Dallas and Professional College of Court
Reporting
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Appointed by the Texas Supreme
Court to the Texas Court Reporters Certification Board, served seven years
as co-chair of the Testing Committee, dictating and administering the Texas
CSR test for court reporting.
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Appointed to the Texas Supreme
Court Advisory Committee as an ex officio member, assisting in the complete
redrafting of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
-Non-Professional Associations
-Articles and Seminars
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"Transcript Problems
Encountered by Trial Attorneys," published in the Texas Trial
Lawyers Forum, July-September 1977
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Quarterly articles as FAIR PAC
president and TCRA president in the Texas Record
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"I Admit It, I'm A Wus,"
published in the Texas Record, 1998
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NCRA midyear seminar in New York
City on the Jack Ruby trial via videoconference with Melvin Belli, Joe
Tonnihill and Phil Burleson, attorneys for Jack Ruby
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NCRA videoconference seminar,
1993
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Numerous seminars for TCRA on
the proposed new rule changes by the Texas Supreme Court, 1996-1998
-Hobbies
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Coin, stamp, art and gun
collecting
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Golfing, fly fishing, hunting and sailing
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