Admitted
1984, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., with high honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
East Tennessee State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Putnam County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta. Member, 1982-1984 and Assistant Editor, 1982-1983, Tennessee Law Review. Lecturer: Bank Administration Institute, Cumberland Plateau Chapter, 1990; Tennessee Bankers Association, State Credit Conference, 1993; Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Program, 1996; American Institute of Banking, U.C. Chapter, 1997. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)