The federal government knows that 70 percent of the drugs coming in this country come through the southern border. A few months after I got out of law school I went to work for the Harris County DA's office. I worked there for about four years, and then I came home to El Paso and I worked in this office for nine months. Then I became the first public assistant public defender from 1988 to 1991. I always liked criminal law, but I was especially interested in doing trial work.
Prosecutors do lots more trial work than other lawyers.
I didn't know if I was good at it until I started doing it. I have a lot of confidence. You have to have a big ego to be a trial lawyer. You have to believe in yourself and you have to believe in your case. I believe in myself and I believe in my cases.