Julie attended American University on a tennis scholarship majoring in political science and abnormal psychology. After graduating from AU in 1978, she continued working on her masters degree. She became restless and decided to take time off and travel. During her travels abroad, she decided that she would attend law school. Something about Texas appealed to her and she applied and was accepted to South Texas College of Law in Houston. While still a student at South Texas, she was a junior prosecutor in the Harris County Criminal Courts. After graduating in 1983, Julie decided to follow her dad's footsteps and joined the FBI. Her employment with the bureau did not satisfy her lust for the outdoors nor challenge her in the way she expected.

So, Julie returned to Texas, opened a private investigation firm and married a fifth-generation Texan. It was not long before she was hunting two-legged animals during the week and four-legged critters on the weekends. Hunting had become a fundamental element of her life. Even though her plate seemed to be overflowing, when Julie was approached by a community to be their municipal court judge, she accepted the appointment and began her judicial career.

One thing led to another and Julie soon determined hunting was a passion she could not resist. She and her husband Sam closed the investigation business and moved to the Wee"b" Rockin, her Texas Hill Country ranch where she supervises ranch operations as well as her guide business, Third Eye Guides and Outfitters.

Four years ago she launched her television show, "Huntin' With The Judge," which she uses as a vehicle to promote both indigenous and exotic hunting while practicing fair chase ethics whether in an estate (high fence) or in free-range venues. In 2004, Julie was the unfortunate victim of a hunter's negligent misfire and became an incredible survival story and recovered trauma patient from the University of Texas Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. During her recovery there, Julie was solicited by the Armed Forces Foundation, a national organization based in Washington, DC, to be the Executive Director for Outdoor Sports Programs. The AFF is an organization dedicated to support and aid recently injured military personnel. Julie's focus through the AFF is to get our wounded heroes out of hospitals and out in the field and on the water. www.thirdeyeguides.com www.huntingwiththejudge.com