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Professional Experience, Licenses, and Associations

• Admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1981 (Licensed to practice in Eastern District of Texas and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals)
• Jefferson County Bar Association, (1981-present)
• Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association,
  • Member, (1981-1989)
  • President (1984-85)

Academic and Administrative Experience

Administrative Service

• Director of Student Success, College of Business (2023-2025)
• Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Administration, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (2018-2023), Beaumont, Texas.
• Director of Accreditation and Assessment, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (2013 - 2021), Beaumont, Texas.
• Chair, ABL, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (February, 2017 - October, 2018), Beaumont, Texas

Academic Service

• Professor of Business Law, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (2001 - Present), Beaumont, Texas.
• Associate Professor of Business Law, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (1995 -2000), Beaumont, Texas.
• Assistant Professor of Business Law, °®Éñ´«Ã½ (August, 1989 - 1994), Beaumont, Texas.

Non-Academic Experience

• Attorney, Law Offices of Tom Mulvaney (1986 - 1989), Beaumont, Texas. Trial lawyer general civil practice.
• Associate Attorney, Weller, Wheelus & Green (1981 - 1986), Beaumont, Texas. Trial lawyer, civil defense primarily.

Professional and Teaching Awards and Recognitions

• °®Éñ´«Ã½ Regent’s Merit Award (recipient 1993): Presented by the President of °®Éñ´«Ã½ to junior faculty in recognition of classroom performance, interaction with students and scholarship and service. Recipients are nominated by their respective colleges and evaluated by a university-wide selection committee who reported its recommendations to the Provost and the President.
• College of Business Teaching Excellence Award: (recipient 1997, 1998, 1999) College award recognizing exceptional teaching.
• Diocesan Stewardship Award (2005) awarded to an individual for leadership and service to their parish and faith community.
• Distinguished Alumna of University of the Incarnate Word (2005)
• St. Thomas More Award: (recipient 2006) Presented by The Order of the Inn, St. Thomas More Society, a committee of the Jefferson County Bar Association for service to the legal community. One attorney is selected each year who displays the characteristics of St. Thomas More in service and leadership to the legal profession.
• Who’s Who in Education (2006) Marquis National Award
• Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award (2009)
• Bobby Bizzell Teaching Innovation Award (2016) Presented by the Southwest Business Deans for development of Intro to Critical Thinking and Business Decision-Making
• Most Honored Lawyers (2024) American Registry