University of Oklahoma, B.A. 1967, University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D.1976.  Admitted to practice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma 1976; also admitted to practice in United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Member of the Oklahoma Bar Association; previously served on the Board of Governors, and   the Board of Editors, Oklahoma Bar Association Journal; as Chair of the Real Property Law Section, and as Editor of the Title Examination Standards Handbook; and on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Revisions; recipient of Garfield County Bar Association Professionalism Award, 2010.

Local activities included service as a member of the Board and Chair of Enid Community Development Support Association, and the Enid Metropolitan Area Human Service Commission; Chair – Youth Opportunity Task Force; and on the Enid Historic Preservation Commission and Garfield County Excise Board.

United States Air Force, Vietnam Era