Don was raised in California, Connecticut, New Hampshire, France, Belgium Germany, and Holland.  By the age of 9 Don had visited more than 6 countries and almost all of the states of the United States.  He developed a deep respect for this country and for the fundamental freedoms of the republic by visiting iron curtain countries and seeing first hand the effects of absolutism.

 

As a student of history in college, Don broadened his general knowledge by taking as many different courses as possible from each of the colleges of his alma mater, the University of New Hampshire.  Don granduated in 1979, Cum Laude, with a degree in history and entered law school that year.

 

Don attended law school at the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts.  Don developed a keen interest in the interplay of government action and private enterprise.  He completed nuermous elective courses in taxation, business entities and business regulation and entity planning, bankruptcy, estates, trusts, and estate and gift taxation.  Don graduated in 1982 Cum Laude, in the top 10% of his law school class.  Don was admitted to the New Hampshire bar in October of 1982 and practiced there for 20 years.

 

During Don's third year of law school he served two internships.  One was with the New Hampshire Pro Bono Referral Agency.  The other was with the Middlesex County District Attorney's office where he served as a (student) Assistant District Attorney.  Don acquired an apprecation for the needs of victims of crime as well as victims of circumstance through these programs.  This appreciation would help to mold his career choices from then forward.

 

In 1982 Don joined the firm of Bossie, Kelly and Hodes, PC in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During his time with the firm, he was the author of a Supreme Court brief which effectively terminated the age old system of shielding the malpractice of professionals at State institutions under "sovereign immunity" thereby granting injured parties equal access to the courts.  From this early experience, through Don's most recent appeallant success in Texas in striking down an arbritrary and illegal application of Texas' Creditors Bill (Turnover Orders), Don has never been reticent to make a good faith argument for modification or extension of the law or to press a valid point as far as necessary to properly represent a client.

 

In the intervening years Don has had several partners and associates.  He has remained involved in helping people in trouble as a practice orientation.  Don has represented parties against more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies and has represented hundreds of debtors in bankruptcy and applicants for government benefits.  Don is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Federal Bar of the Districts of Southern Texas, Eastern Texas and the District of Colorado.  He is the author of a number of brief published articles on government and individual responsibility as well as having served as a lecturer in the economics of law practice and family custody systems.  Don has served as a trial attorney, advisor, mediator, guardian ad litem, conservator, and arbitrator in his 28 years.

 

Don is in his 50s, married, and the proud father of two sons.  His interests include travel, computing, Karate, and dogs.  He and his wife reside in The Woodlands in a small home on a very secluded lot where their two dogs can run and excercise.

 

The practice of law is the opportunity to give voice to those who cannot speak and the chance to bring reason and focus out of a dauntingly complicated society.  It is a privilege, honor and duty to serve and make a living in such a pursuit.