After earning his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1994, he served as:

• 1st Assistant District 7 Attorney from 2006 - 2017 under David Prater.

• Adjunct instructor of criminal and constitutional law at Oklahoma State University in 1998.

• General Counsel to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs from 1996 to 2006 under Malcom Atwood and close friend Lonnie Wright.

•  an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma from 1994 to 1996 under Drew Edmondson.

After earning his law degree from University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1983, he served as:

• Special Judge for District 9 in 2012 - 2015.

• First Assistant Attorney General under AG Scott Pruitt in 2011 - 2012.

• President of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association in 2000 & 2008.

• Appointed by then Governor Frank Keating to District 9 Attorney for Payne & Logan Counties in 1996 - 2011

• Private practice in Guthrie, Oklahoma from 1983 to 1996.

After earning his law degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1974, he served as:

• Current member of the Oklahoma Bar Association; 

  • formerly Chairperson of Criminal Law Committee

  • Member Law Related Education Committee

• Current member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association 

• Current member of the Marshall County Bar Association

• Past-Chairman of Access to Justice Committee

  • President Elect, Program Committee Chair 1992

  • President 1993

• Benefactor Member of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation

• A member of the Board of Directors, National Center of State Courts, Williamsburg, VA 2001 - 2007.

• District Judge, 20th Judicial District, 1985-1989

• Associate District Judge, Marshall County, 1982-1985

• Appointed Assistant District Attorney, in 1976 and served as 1st Assistant District 20 Attorney until 1982.

• Active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968-1971, He retired with the rank of Colonel after thirty years of service in 1998.

After earning his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1983, he served as:

• Inducted into the Order of the Owl at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2017

• Serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Oklahoma College of Law

• Co-chair of the Bench and Bar Committee for the Oklahoma Bar Association

• Previously served as chairman of Reach Out and Read Oklahoma

• Serves on the Board of Directors for Girls Scouts of Western Oklahoma

• Former President of the Comanche County Bar Association

• Former President of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference

• Fellow of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation

• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation 

• Member of the American Bar Association

• District 5 Judge from 1999 to 2005.

• Comanche County Special Judge from 1991 to 1999

• Prosecutor in Comanche County in 1987

After earning his law degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1997, he served as:

• Current Liaison and former chairman of the Oklahoma Uniform Criminal Jury Instruction Committee

• Member of the Tulsa County Bar Association 

• Member of the Oklahoma Bar Association

• Member of the Assembly of Presiding Judges

• Member of the Court on the Judiciary

• Elected District 14 Judge (Presiding) from 2011 - 2022 

• Special Judge for District 14 in 2009

• Special Assistant United States Attorney with authorization to conduct grand jury investigations and pursue joint federal/state investigations and prosecutions.

• 11 years as an Assistant District 14 Attorney where he was later named Director of the Major Crimes team responsible for the prosecution of major crimes, including homicides and death penalty cases.