Admitted
1962, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, LL.B., 1962
Law School Graduation Year
1962
College
Maryville College, B.S., 1958
Memberships
Knoxville Junior (President, 1965), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1969-1970; President, 1971-1972; Life Member, 1983); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1969; Member, Board of Governors, 1976-1984, 1992—; Parliamentarian, 1984-1986; Treasurer, 1987-1988; Vice President, 1988-1989); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); New York State Association of Trial Lawyers, Inc. (Associate Member); American Judicature Society; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Tennessee Chapter, 1995-1996); Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Legal Medicine (Associate Member)
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Instructor, National College of Advocacy, 1979-1980. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1999. Founding Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy); (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization).