Admitted
1971, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., with distinction, 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
Rhodes College, B.A., 1962
Memberships
Lafayette County (President, 1986) and American (State Delegate, 1991-1992) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (President, 1992-1993); Bencher, American Inns of Court. Member, Criminal Law Committee, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi (1978-1984); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, 1983-1992; Treasurer, 1988); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1984; Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1992); Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1985-1986; National Representative, 1990-1992; 1996—)
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Editor-in-Chief, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1970-1971. Author: A Plea for the Federal Rules of Evidence, Mississippi Law Journal, 1983. Commissioner, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1983-1986. City Judge, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1973. Adjunct Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, 1980, 1989. Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, 1980-1984. Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Mississippi State Bar. Recipient, Law Alumnus of the Year Award, 1989; The Best Lawyers in America 1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999 and 2000-2001 Editions. Chairman, Lamar Order, 1988-1989. Chairman, Judicial Advisory Study Committee (1993-1996). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.