Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1967
Law School Graduation Year
1967
College
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1961
Memberships
Memphis (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1972-1973; Member: Board of Directors, 1973-1977; Treasurer, 1987; Secretary, 1988; Vice-President, 1989; President-Elect, 1990; President, 1991), Tennessee (President, 2002-2003; President-Elect, 2001-2002; Vice President, 1999-2000; Board of Governors, 1999—; President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1971-1972) and American (Member: Commission on the Evaluation of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct - Ethics, 2000; Board of Governors, 1991-1994; House of Delegates, 1978-1981, 1991—; Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1974-1975; Council, Litigation Section, 1984) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society (National Director, 1982-1987)
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1966-1967. Author: Comments, 34 Tennessee Law Review 235, 1967 and 35 Tennessee Law Review 74, 1967. Law Clerk for Justice Larry Creson, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Assistant Public Defender, Shelby County, 1969-1971. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Best Lawyers in America. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation (President, 1993-1994); American Inns of Court (Master); American Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocacy (Advocate).
Military
Major General, U.S. Marine Corps Res.