Organization: 363rd Judicial District Court

Position: District Judge

Years in Drug Court: 1

What has been your biggest challenge this year?

Determine when to sanction a participant and what the sanction should be.

How has your membership in the NADCP helped your team?

The information I have received from the NADCP has been invaluable in dealing with the participants

What do you enjoy doing when you are not at work?

Yoga, reading, traveling, shopping, dining out, seeing movies, hiking

How has your work in Drug Court impacted your life?

It has enriched it by being a small part of the solution to the problem of jail overpopulation, recidivism and inappropriate sentencing

What has been you favorite NADCP conference moment?

Hearing the children of drug court participants’ testimonials about how their lives have improved since their parent has become clean and sober.

Tell us about your most memorable Drug Court experience:

Having a participant ticketed for driving with a suspended license.  The participant is a car mechanic and was test driving a car he was working on (the turn indicator wasn't working and he was checking to see if he had repaired it when he was pulled over for failure to signal turn).  He reported the incident to the group although neither the group nor the team would have ever had otherwise known about it.  He expected to be sanctioned but instead, the team decided to praise him for his honesty.