Admitted
1975, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1976, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
University of Georgia, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Georgia, B.B.A., 1971; University of Georgia, M.B.A., 1974
Memberships
Athens-Western Circuit (President, 1981), American and Federal (President, 1997) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1988—); Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Vice President, 1981-1983; President-Elect, 1983-1984; President, 1985-1986); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1986-1988); American Judicature Society; American Board of Criminal Lawyers (Vice President, 1988-1990; Treasurer, 1994; President, 1996); American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barristers. Member: General Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1974-1975; Moot Court Executive Board. Instructor, Legal Research, University of Georgia School of Law, 1974-1975. Co-Author: Tolley and Hull, Court Ordered Surgery to Retrieve Evidence in Georgia in Light of the United States Supreme Court Decision in Winston v. Lee, 37 Mercer Law Review, 1005, Spring, 1986; Tolley, E., The Execution of America's Children, 6 Georgia State University Law Review 403, Spring 1990. Contributing Author: Georgia Jurisprudence Personal Injury and Torts; Georgia Jurisprudence Criminal Law. Member by appointment of the Governor, Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities, 1988-1991.