• Speaker, 79th Session

• Nevada Assembly, 2011-2014 and 2017 (first elected November 2010; after lapse in service, subsequently elected November 2016)—three regular and two special session

• 2017 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Taxation; Ways and Means (Vice Chair)

• 2013 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Taxation; Select Committee on the Assembly

• 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Transportation (Vice Chair); Judiciary; Health and Human Services

• National Black Caucus of State Legislators

• 2013-2014 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Commission (Vice Chair); Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (Chair); Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice

• 2011-2012 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice; Committee to Study the Structure and Operations of the Nevada Legislature; Committee to Study Trademark and Copyright Law

• Outstanding Freshman Legislator, 2011

• Barbara Buckley Community Service Award, 2001

• Roosevelt Fitzgerald Outstanding Student Award, 2001

• Kappa Alpha Psi Leadership League and Jason Frierson Day award for leadership and community service, City of Las Vegas, 1994

• Henry Toll Fellowship Program, CSG, 2012

• Western Leadership Academy, CSG-WEST, Graduate

• Leadership Las Vegas, Class of 2008

• Las Vegas Chapter, National Bar Association, President, 2005

• Nevada Law Journal, Special Projects Editor, 2001

• Student Bar Association, Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), President,1999-2000

• Associated Students of the University of Nevada, President, 1994-1995

• University of Nevada, Reno, Running Back, 1988-1992

• AmeriCorps program, 1995-1996

• Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association

• Clark County Bar Association

• University of Nevada Alumni Association

• Alumni Association, Boyd School of Law, UNLV

• Nevada Black Elected Officials Caucus

• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

• Southern Nevada Officials Association, Football Official

• University of Nevada, Reno, B.S., Health Science

• William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), J.D.