Admitted
1981, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits, U.S. Court of the Armed Forces and U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals; 2001, District of Columbia
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
Auburn University, B.S., 1969
Memberships
Montgomery and Birmingham Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (President, Auburn University Bar Association, 1997-1998); District of Columbia Bar; National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Life Member).
Biographical
Adjunct Professor: Cumberland School of Law of Samford University; U.S. Air Force J.A.G. School; Emory University, School of Law. Author: Providence Inquiry, Counsels' Continuing Responsibility, Army Lawyer, September 1986; Impeachment: An Overview, Army Lawyer, April 1987; Bad Checks, Marine Corps Gazette, October 1988; Drinking and Driving, M.D. News Magazine, January 2000; Municipal Courts: The Case for Open Discovery, Alabama Magistrates Association Magazine, Fall 2001. President, Okinawa Bench and Bar Association, 1986-1987. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Northern District of Alabama, 1989-1991. Assistant Attorney General, 1994-1995.
Military
U.S. Marines, Major (Ret), 1969-1989