Law Practice:

Admitted to Supreme Court of Texas, May 10, 1967
          Supreme Court of the United States, April 5. 1971
          United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, April 27, 1972
          U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, April 4, 1969
Practiced law in Henrietta, Texas, 1967 – 1981. Founding member of firm of
          Douthitt, Mitchell & Paul, 201 N. Bridge Street, Henrietta, Texas.
County and District Attorney, Clay County, Texas, 1967 – 1972
Director, State Bar of Texas, 1972 – 1975
Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Member, Statewide Sunset Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1979
Secretary, Vice-President and President, Tri-County Bar Association (Archer, Clay
          and Montague Counties, Texas)
District Judge, 97th Judicial District of Texas, 1981 – 1990
General Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1990 – 1991
Former District Judge Sitting by Assignment, 8th Administrative Judicial Region,
          1991 – 1993
Adjunct Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Spring, 1993,
subject, Professional Responsibility
Private law practice, Henrietta, Texas, 1993 – 2015.
Mediator, 1993 – Present

Other Activities and Recognition:

Member, Board of Regents, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, May 19,
          1973, to December 31, 1980
Director and Chairman, Clay County and Henrietta Chamber of Commerce, 1978-1980
Co-Owner, Officer & Director, Clay County Abstract & Title Co., Inc., 1972-1981
Named Texas Super Lawyer 2003 through 2006 – Thomson-Reuters [formerly Law &
Politics and Texas Monthly]
President, Clay County Pioneer Association, 2008

Professional/Educational Activities:

Special Task Force on Child Support Standards: Development and Implementation;
          Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare, Texas Senate, 1981– 1982
Pattern Jury Charges Committee - Civil, member and vice chair for several years
Pattern Jury Charges Committee, 1984 Supplement, PJC III
Pattern Jury Charges, Vol. I, Second Edition, 1987, Supplement, 1989, Vice Chairman
Pattern Jury Charges, Vol. II, Second Edition, 1989, Vice-Chairman
Planning Committee, Jury Charges Under Amended Rule 277, 1989, State Bar of Texas
          Professional Development Program
Supreme Court Child Support Task Force, 1986-87
The Economics of Setting Adequate and Equitable Child Support Payment Award: 1984
          Special Child Support and Visitation Issue, Family Law Section Report, co-author
          with Dr. Judith Cassetty

Conference Speaker:

Juvenile Justice Conference - Austin, 1983
     Sponsor:     Texas Center for the Judiciary and Texas Juvenile Probation
Commission
     Topic:        Practical Procedures for Establishing Visitation and Child Support and Enforcement Thereof

Attorney General's Child Support Conference - Austin, 1984
     Sponsor:     Attorney General of Texas
     Topic:        Use of Guidelines in Setting Child Support

Child Support Training Workshop - Wichita Falls, 1985
     Sponsor:     West Texas Legal Services
     Topic:        The Income Approach for Establishing Child Support

Jury Issue Submission Institute - Fort Worth, 1985
     Sponsor:     State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Relationship Between Issues and Instructions

Tenth Annual Page Keeton Products Liability and Personal Injury Law Conference - Austin, 1986
     Sponsor:     University of Texas School of Law
     Topic:        Issues in Submitting a Multi-Party Products Case to the Jury

Texas Judicial Conference - Corpus Christi, 1987
     Sponsor:     Judicial Section, State Bar of Texas and Texas Center for the Judiciary
     Topic:        Simplicity in Jury Charges - Tort Reform Too

Wichita County and Tri-County Bar Association MCLE Institute - Wichita Falls, 1987
     Sponsor:     Wichita County Bar and Tri-County Bar Associations
     Topic:        Simplicity in Jury Charges - Tort Reform Too

Marriage Dissolution Institute - Austin, 1988
     Sponsor:     State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Characterization, Tracing and Reimbursement

Twelfth Annual Page Keeton Products Liability and Personal Injury Law Conference - Austin, 1988
     Sponsor:     The University of Texas School of Law
     Topic:        The Judgment - 1987 Texas Tort Reform: "Crafting" the Judgment

St. Mary's Tenth Annual Procedural Institute: Jury Charges - San Antonio, 1988
     Sponsor:     St. Mary's Law School and State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Damages Charges

Wichita County and Tri-County Bar Associations MCLE Institute - Wichita Falls, 1989
     Sponsor:     Wichita County Bar and Tri-County Bar Associations
     Topic:        Proposed Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers and Texas Association of Defense Counsel Institute -Fort Worth, May 19, 1989
     Sponsor:     Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers and Texas Association of Defense Counsel
     Topic:        Court's Charge: What It Is Like Under the Tort Reform Statutes

Texas Regional Judicial Conferences, 1990
     Sponsor:     Texas Center for the Judiciary
     Topic:        The Role of the Judiciary in Attorney Disciplinary Actions

Juvenile Law Section Seminar - Austin, February 24, 1990
     Sponsor:     Juvenile Law Section, State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct: An Overview, The Prosecutor: The Lawyer in
                      Juvenile Matters

Mexican American Bar Association - Brownsville, April 7, 1990
     Sponsor:     Mexican American Bar Association
     Topic:        Ethics and Barratry: Texas Style

Waco/McLennan Bar Association - Waco, September 7, 1990
     Sponsor:     Waco/McLennan Bar Association
     Topic:        Proposed Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure: An Overview

University of Texas School of Law Trial Advocacy Course - 1990
     Sponsor:     U. T. Law School
     Topic:        Faculty member on Trial Advocacy

Brazos County Bar Association - Bryan, September 28, 1990
     Sponsor:     Brazos County Bar Association
     Topic:        Ethics and Barratry: Texas Style

Corpus Christi Bar Association - Corpus Christi, October 10, 1990
     Sponsor:     Corpus Christi Bar Association
     Topic:        Proposed Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure: An Overview

Annual Conference TACA - Austin, October 18, 1990
     Sponsor:     Texas Association for Court Administration
     Topic:        Expectation vs. Reality: The Attorney/Administrator Relationship

Elected Prosecutors' Council - Rancho Viejo, December 7, 1990
     Sponsor:     Texas District and County Attorneys Association
     Topic:        The New Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure

7th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Course - Austin, August 8, 1991
     Sponsor:     State Bar of Texas & Criminal Law Section
     Topic:        New State Bar Rules of Disciplinary Procedure

Annual Conference TACA - Austin, October 17, 1991
     Sponsor:     Texas Association for Court Administration
     Topic:        The Role of the Court Administrator in a Lawyer Disciplinary Case

Criminal Defense Bar Seminar - Fort Worth, April 23, 1992
     Sponsor:     Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers
     Topic:        New State Bar Rules of Disciplinary Procedure

Ethics Seminar for Prosecutors - Fort Worth, May 16, 1992
     Sponsor:     Tarrant County District Attorney's Office
     Topic:        Prosecutors and the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct

College of the State Bar of Texas - Regional CLE Seminar - Dallas, October 4, 1997
     Sponsor:     College of the State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Lawyer Discipline: How It Works - How To Avoid It

25th Annual Advanced Family Law Course - Dallas, August 16, 1999
     Sponsor:     Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas
     Topic:        Contingent Fees in Family Law and Other Bad Ideas¹

¹ Paper and presentation done jointly with Lonny Morrison of Wichita Falls, Texas.