Education

Undergraduate:
Indiana University, 1973
    Bachelor of Science in Education

Graduate:
Indiana University, 1977
    Master of Science in Education
University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, May 1990
    Juris Doctorate

State Bar of Texas and Related Legal Education

Board Certified-Family Law
College of the State Bar of Texas
Certified in Mediation, Worklife Institute, February 2006

Associations

Admitted:
State Bar of Texas-November 1990
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, August 1991

Member:
American Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Texas- Family Law Section
American Inns of Court - Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inn of Court
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists
The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas

Employment

Attorney:
Solo Practitioner-June 1994 to present
Primary emphasis in family law, experienced in amicus and guardian ad-litem appointments.
Also practices insurance subrogation law.

Larry Lee & Associates, Houston, Texas- April1991- May 1994
General civil litigation practice with emphasis on insurance subrogation law.

Butler, Langford, Ewalt & Hailey, Houston, Texas- September 1990- April 1991
General civil litigation practice with emphasis on community association law.

Educator:
Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, Indiana- January 1973- June1987
Taught: elementary school (6 yrs), middle school (4 yrs), and high school (4yrs). Coached high school wrestling for fourteen years. Coached more than fifty individual state finalists. Named Northeastern Indiana Coach of the Year in 1985.

Other Employment Experience :
Assistant Director and Instructor, Culver Specialty Camps, Culver, Indiana, responsible for daily operations, 1978- 1988; Worked in commercial and residential construction, 1973- 1978; Factory worker, Tokheim Corp., Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1969- 1973

Law School Activities

Student Bar Association; Student Advisor; Moot Court, Labor Law Team, Wagner Moot Court Competition, New York Law school (scored: 95/100); Highest law school grade: Trial practice.

Personal

Married to Perri Grandstaff for fourteen years. Two adult daughters, Sarah and Kathryn. Three grandsons and one granddaughter.