Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 5, 2004-2019

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 5, 2018

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2003-2004

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, 1994

Member, Code Revision Commission, 2010-present

Member, Criminal Justice Reform Commission, 2010-present

Vice Chair, Georgia Senate Working Families Caucus, 2010-present

Member, Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 2010-present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Special Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial, Georgia State Senate

Principal Attorney, Thompson & Associates Professional Corporation, 2009-present

Office Counsel, Deming, Parker & Campbell, 2007-2008

Staff Attorney, Service Employees International Union/International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 1995-2007

Chair, Democratic Policy Committee, 2010-present

Member, All Saints Episcopal Church of Atlanta, 2008-present

Chair, Citizen Advisory Forum, 2008-present

Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers, 1994-present

Member, Chattahoochee Friends Meeting, Norcross, present

Member, Neighborhood Garden Club, present

Member, Peachtree Corners Rotary Club, present

Member, Subdivision Homeowners Association, present

Former Volunteer, AID Gwinnett

Former Member, Gwinnett County Special Purpose Location Option Sales Tax Committees

Former Volunteer, Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity

Former Volunteer, Norcross Cooperative Ministries

Former Volunteer, Sierra Club

Secretary, Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District, 2004-2012

President, Gwinnett Village Companies and Intellectual Property COmmission, 2003-2004

Favorite Book:

Ishmael, Lord of the Rings,

Favorite Movie:

JFK, The Godfather, Matrix Trilogy, Bad Education

Favorite TV Shows:

That '70's Shows, Scrubs, The Daily Show, CBS46

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Speaks Spanish fluently, hiking