Career & Community

• Sole Practitioner, February 2016 – present
• Langley & Banack, 2004 – 2016
• Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, 2001 – 2004

San Antonio Bar Association

• Treasurer, 2016 – 2017
• Director, 2012 – 2016
• Chair, San Antonio Bar Association/Foundation Fun Run

San Antonio Bar Foundation

• President’s Advisory Board Member, August 2011 – 2015
• Treasurer, August 2010 – 2011
• Secretary, August 2009 – 2010
• Trustee, October 2006 – 2009

San Antonio Young Lawyers Association

• President, 2007 – 2008
• President-Elect, 2006 – 2007
• Director, 2005 – 2006

Texas Bar Foundation

• Fellow, 2011 – present
• LeadershipSBOT Professionalism Group’s Mentor Bank Member
• Mentor, 2013 – present

Inns of Court, San Antonio Chapter

• Group Leader, 2007 Member, 2004 – present

Habitat for Humanity

• Chair, Board of Directors, 2012 – 2015
• Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, 2011 – 2012
• Member, Board of Directors, 2009 – 2011, 2015 – present

High School Mock Trial, Coach 2004-2007, 2015 to present

Honors & Awards

• Best Lawyers, 2012 – 2017
• Super Lawyer, 2013 – 2017
• Texas Monthly Rising Star, 2007 – 2013
• San Antonio Business Journal, 40 Under 40, 2011
• 2010 National Outstanding Young Lawyer, American Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division
• 2010 Texas Outstanding Young Lawyer, Texas Young Lawyers Association
• 2010 San Antonio Outstanding Young Lawyer, San Antonio Young Lawyer Association
• Scene in San Antonio Best Lawyers, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013
• 2013 San Antonio Bar Association President’s Award Recipient
• Scene in San Antonio San Antonio Rising Star, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010

Bar Admissions

• The State of Texas, 2001
• United States Supreme Court, 2005
• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003
• United States District Court Western District of Texas, 2002
• United States District Court Southern District of Texas, 2003
• United States District Court Eastern District of Texas
• 2004 United States District Court Northern District of Texas, 2005

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas Juris Doctorate, 2001
• National Secretary, Order of the Barristers (3rd year)
• Teaching Quizmaster (3rd year)
• National Interscholastic Moot Court Team (3rd year)
• National Interscholastic Mock Trial Team (2nd year)
• Intrascholastic Moot Court Competition, Octofinalist (1st year)
• Assault & Flattery, Law School Revue
• Pit Orchestra Trombonist (1st-3rd years), Writer (3rd year)