Mark ShomakerMark Shomaker (B.A., M.P.A., Texas A&M University; J.D., St. Mary's University School of Law) served as an Associate Editor for the St. Mary's University Law Journal and is the author of "The Paradox of the Homestead Exemption," which was published i the American Journal of Family Law. He is currently an Instructor of Government at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas, where he has served on several textbook, faculty selection, and teaching excellence awards committees. Before joining the faculty at Blinn College, Professor Shomaker was employed as an associate with three Texas-based law firms, as a Brief Attorney for the Court of Appeals for the Second Judicial Circuit in Fort Worth, and in various roles with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Houston. Read More Read Less