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In 1955 I was born in Dallas and moved to Falls Church Virginia in 1962. My Father was Congressman-at-Large Joe Pool who died in office in 1968. My mother was Elizabth Pool who died in a fire 5 months after my father died at Hobby Airport. I went to boarding school at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School and graduated in 1973. I graduated from U.T. with a B.A. in government in 1977. I graduated from U.T. Law School in 1980 and became a Texas lawyer that same year. I practiced primarily civil law for the next 20 years. In 2000 I was chosen to be the General Counsel of Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation and served in that position until 2005. I returned to my general civil practice with some criminal representations. I ran in 2022 as a democrat for the 428^th Judicial District Judge position. I unseated a four term GOP incumbent and have been serving as a judge since.

I coached women’s, men’s and children’s soccer teams in Austin and Dripping Springs for over 15 years without compensation other than the joy of coaching. I am one of the founders of the Austin Municipal Soccer League. I have provided pro bono legal services to the Austin School of Film over the last 20 years. Every year I provide pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford an attorney. Most of these services have been provided to women or women’s organizations. In 2017 I sued President Trump to stop him from establishing a theocracy in Afghanistan with our tax dollars where women were oppressed and men could have four wives. One of the reasons I filed this suit was to educate Congress and the Executive Branch that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”. 1st Amendment.