Born Corpus Christi, Texas, October 6, 1945;

Admitted to bar, 1988, Oklahoma.

Education
University of Oklahoma (B.S.N., 1979; M.S., 1981); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 1988); Hatton W. Sumners Scholar. Registered Nurse, Oklahoma, 1966.

Legal Publications:
Author: "Americans with Disabilities Act," 40 AAOHN Journal 284-86, 1992; "Is HCQIA Protecting Peer Review from Antitrust Claims," 10 HealthSpan 11-13, June, 1993; "Contributor Quality Management in Nursing and Health Care," Delmar Publishers, 1995. Founding President, Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics, Inc. – State Partnership; Project Director, Oklahoma Alliance for Better Care of the Dying (OkABCD) a Community Project to improve end-of-life care.

Member:
American and Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: Oklahoma State Department of Health; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; PRRB; and Practitioner Licensure Boards.

Concentration:
Health Law; Administrative Law; Employment Law; Bioethics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Regulatory Law.