About Me
My roots run deep in Bell County. I’m a fourth-generation Bell County lawyer, and for the past 24 years I’ve served this community as a prosecutor. Public service runs in my family. My great-grandfather, the son of a sharecropper, once rode a horse to Texarkana to take the bar exam because he didn’t want to wait for the next one in Austin. A century later, I still walk into the same courthouse with the same conviction: service isn’t a career move, it’s a calling. When my wife and I married, we chose to raise our family here. She served two terms on Belton City Council, and together we built our lives in a community that doesn’t just talk about values, it lives them.
For nearly 25 years, I’ve gone to work every day as a prosecutor with one goal: to do what’s right. I’ve handled everything from misdemeanors to the most serious crimes, and I’ve seen how one decision in the courtroom can change the course of a life or protect the safety of a community. In County Court at Law #3, we’ve been fortunate to have only two judges: Gerald Brown and Judge Rebecca Depew. I’ve stood before both. Judge Brown taught patience and meticulous care; Judge Depew showed unmatched talent for balancing countless demands at once. From them, I learned that temperament matters just as much as knowledge of the law.
Juvenile law has been at the heart of my work for more than two decades. I’ve trained police officers, probation officers, and attorneys across Texas on how to handle these cases fairly and effectively. I’ve served on the State Bar’s Juvenile Law Section board for six years, and for the past two years as an officer. Often, colleagues from across the state call for advice; not because I claim to have all the answers, but because experience teaches lessons worth sharing. Experience matters, not just time on the job, but steady judgment, fairness, and a commitment to people over politics. That’s the record I bring to the bench. I’m not running to be a judge. I’m running to be this judge — because the families of Bell County, and especially its children, deserve nothing less.