{"id":157,"date":"2025-04-04T01:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T01:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:18:36","slug":"educational-and-professional-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/?page_id=157","title":{"rendered":"Educational and Professional Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Education and Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor of Business Administration \u2013 Real Estate and Finance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From \u2013 University of Texas at Arlington (1983)<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

20+ hours of Accounting. Alpha Chi scholastic fraternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juris Doctor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From \u2013 Southern Methodist University Law School (1986)<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In addition to attending class, actively served as a student lawyer in the Civil Law and Tax legal clinics; interned in the Office of the Dallas County Public Defender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pounders Computer Consulting (1980-86)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Self-employed<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Independent contractor teaching beginner to advanced computer usage at college continuing education programs, YMCAs and as requested. Developed spreadsheets and databases for small businesses using Lotus 1-2-3 and DBase III. Set up computer systems (back then even just adding a printer was a challenge for most).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur Andersen & Co. (1986-1988)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tax Accountant \/ Systems Consultant<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Shared practice \u2013 4-5 months a year as a tax accountant, the rest of the year as a consultant writing tax resolution opinions and creating complex financing and reporting models using Lotus 1-2-3 and various database systems. Taught staff and client courses on computer usage related matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Dallas (1988-2002)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Assistant City Attorney<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutor (1988), Contracts\/Administration (1988-2002). Sports\/Entertainment lawyer \u2013 negotiated and drafted the deal that brought NHL Stars to Dallas and other high profile sports\/entertainment matters. General counsel to the Dallas Convention Center, Reunion Arena, and Park & Recreation Dept. General Counsel for the Dallas Police and Fire Departments. General Counsel to most of the boards and commissions of the City of Dallas, including the Park & Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Sexually Oriented Business Appeals Boards. Dealt with ethics matters, rendering opinions and ordering administrative action. Open Records Act and Open Meetings Act compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

General Counsel (1992-93), Administrative Law Judge (1993-95)<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Negotiated the creation of this agency through an interlocal agreement between Dallas and more than a dozen other North Texas governments during my tenure as a Dallas Assistant City Attorney. The Agency certifies minority and woman-owned businesses for local governments in North Texas (including Dallas) for compliance with Federal and State contracting mandates. Assigned as its first general counsel concurrent with my Dallas Assistant City Attorney duties. Subsequently served as its Administrative Law Judge on appeals of certification denials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Cedar Hill (1997-2000), City of Grand Prairie (2000-02)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Judge, Municipal Court<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Criminal arraignments. Traffic and ordinance court dockets. General magistrate duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (2002-2011)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Partner \u2013 Tax Collections<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Multi-state corporate law firm specializing in collecting governmental receivables. Principal property tax lawyer for 18 local governments in Dallas and Collin Counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pounders Law Firm PLLC (2011 \u2013 2020)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Managing Member<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Tax Collection practice in Collin and Lamar Counties. General counsel to small business clients and small business development. Charitable organization representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abernathy Roeder Boyd & Hullett, PC (2020 \u2013 present)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tax Director<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

One of the oldest law firms in the USA (since 1876!). Merged my practice into ARBH to manage its property tax collection division. Prior to the merger the ARBH tax collection practice had 15 local governments in just Collin County \u2013 since then the practice has grown to 120 local governments across seven north Texas counties \u2014 and it\u2019s still growing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NON-SAR Community Involvement\/Personal Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Assistant Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Active Board-member in several North Texas ISD education foundations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Active in Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dallas County Trail and Preserve Board (aka Dallas County Parks Board)<\/em>: former Chairman, joint appointee (unanimous appointee of the four commissioners and County Judge)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Former Chairman of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section, Dallas Bar Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Former Senior Warden, Canterbury House SMU<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Former President, Cedar Hill Parks Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Former President, Cedar Hill Community Development Corporation (4B Tax Board)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Admiral, Texas Navy<\/em> (Honor given by Texas Governor for community service)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dallas Video Festival<\/em>: Three time \u2018People\u2019s Choice\u2019 winner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Youth of Unity<\/em>: Former International President, Former South Central President (Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hobbies: videography, ham radio (AF5TP), CERT and musical performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Currently lives in McKinney, Texas (Collin County) with our two dogs, Stormi and Puff<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Married to the Rev. Dr. Marci Pounders \/ 2 children: Elizabeth Wims (DAR, husband Caleb) and Alex Pounders (SAR, wife Kiersten, and grandson Lucas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Education and Experience Bachelor of Business Administration \u2013 Real Estate and Finance From \u2013 University of Texas at Arlington (1983) 20+ hours of Accounting. Alpha Chi scholastic fraternity. Juris Doctor From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pounders.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}