Paul Shanklin

Mr. Shanklin obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center in 1992 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Houston in 1990. He has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Sam Houston State University and is certified by the State of Texas as an Academic Advisor. His practice includes a variety of litigation, business, educational, governmental and counseling matters. Mr. Shanklin is certified by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, serves as a Commissioner for the Harris County Courts, and is a Certified Ad Litem for the Family and Probate Courts of Harris County.

In addition, Mr. Shanklin is an elected official serving as a Trustee on the Board of the Aldine Independent School District to serve the needs of the district and its school children. He is experienced in the Texas Legislature’s governance structure that is unique to the public education environment as well as the applicable codes of enforcement. He has been awarded certificates of appreciation from the Dayton, Aldine, Houston and Spring Branch independent school districts for his educational and volunteer work on behalf of those school districts. He serves as an Executive Board Member for the Center for the Professional Development of Teachers at the University of Houston-Downtown.

In addition to his years in private practice, Mr. Shanklin has an extensive background in a wide variety of local government matters. For ten years, Mr. Shanklin served as the Government Affairs Director for Harris County Precinct 4, where he worked directly with Harris County Commissioners and served as liaison to the Harris County Appraisal District, Harris Health and the Harris County Community Services Offices, among others.

His long history of public service experience includes serving as the General Counsel for the United States Tennis Association-Texas Section and serving as a life member of the Houston Tennis Association and the United States Tennis Association. Mr. Shanklin is on the Board of Directors for Dress Up Houston which provides clothing for the needy, and The Guardian Angels Academy, a charter school.  Mr. Shanklin also serves on the Board of Directors of the Country Playhouse and is a member of the Houston Bar Association’s Speakers Bureau where he discusses social and legal trends in schools and civic organizations. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Houston Community College Southeast Campus where he teaches American and Texas Government and is an adjunct professor at University of Houston-Downtown where he teaches Critical Pedagogy and Multicultural Education.

Additionally, Mr. Shanklin is a member of a number of lawyer organizations, including the Houston Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Society and the Pro Bono College.