Admitted
1973, Alabama; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Tuscaloosa County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Member, 1984-1988; 1994-1997 and Chairman, 1995-1997, Committee on Indigent Defense); Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Founding Member, 1981; President, 1983-1984); National Association of Criminal defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Recipient: Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Roderick Beddow, Sr. Award, 1991. Adjunct Faculty, Trial Advocacy, University of Alabama Law School, 1982—. Lecturer: Recent Developments in Criminal Law, Alabama Circuit District Judges Conference; Competency Under Rule 11, A.R. Cr.P., August, 1991; Lawyers Role in Sentencing, March, 1994; Avoidance of Malpractice in Criminal Cases, Attorneys Insurance Mutual Conference, November, 1993; Recent Criminal Decisions and Search and Seizure, Alabama Law Institute, Continuing Legal Education, 1985. Director and Lecturer, Criminal Law, Peoples Law School, 1987-1990. Keynote Speaker, Public Prayer and the Public, Freedom From Religion Foundation National Convention, September, 1995. Senior Assistant Public Defender, Tuscaloosa County Public Defender's Office, 1974-1978. Member, 1989-1999 and Chairman, 1994-1998, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Litigation Committee. Southeast Regional Board Member, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1985—. Member, Alabama Law Institute Criminal Law Seminar Planning Committee, 1986-1992. Member, Administrative Office of Courts Rule 11 Revision Committee, 1990-1998. Member, Alabama Judicial Study Commissions Indigent Defense Committee, 1987-1988. Member, Board of Directors, Tuscaloosa Emergency Services, Inc., 1994-1997. President, Sentencing Options, Inc. University of Alabama Executive Director, 1986-1990 and Co-Executive Director, 1984-1986, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. President, Northport Jaycees, 1981-1982. Panelist, Alabama Crime Victims Annual Conference, 1989 and 1990. President, Temerson Lodge, B'nai B'rith, 1985. Master at the Bench, American Inns of Court, CXXI, 1992—.