Admitted
1964, Alabama; 1965, U.S. Tax Court; 1966, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. Claims Court
Law School
Duke University, LL.B., 1964
Law School Graduation Year
1964
College
Yale University, B.S., 1961
Memberships
Birmingham (Co-Chair, ADR Committee; Former Chair, Increased Minority Participation Committee), American, Alabama (Former Alabama State Chairman, Section of Public Contract Law; Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, and Sections of Litigation {Former Chair, Surety Litigation Subcommittee, Construction Committee} and Tort and Insurance Practice) and International (Committee T) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Southwestern Legal Foundation; International and Comparative Law Center (Member, Advisory Board); Alabama Law Institute; American Law Institute; American Judicature Society; American Arbitration Association; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1962-1964. Recipient, Fleming, Robinson & Bradshaw Award. Author: Observations on the 1980 Edition of the FIDIC--Electrical and Mechanical Conditions of Contract, International Business Lawyer, 1982; FIDIC Mechanical and Electrical Terms, International Bar Journal, 1982; The FIDIC Forms, Federal Publications, 1984; ADR--The U.S. Experience and Some Suggestions for International Arbitration: The Observations of an American Lawyer, The International Construction Law Review, Vol. 8, Part 1, January, 1991; Chapter on International Construction Litigation in Construction Litigation, Second Edition (Wiley, 1993). The Silver Book: An Unfortunate Shift from FIDIC's Tradition of Being Evenhanded and of Focusing on the Best Interests of the Project, The International Construction Law Review, Vol. 17, Part 4, Oct. 2000; Co-author: Federal Procurement Contracts--Dispute Resolutions and the Developing Common Law, 27 Alabama Law Review 1, 1975; The Multi-Prime Job, Construction Briefings, May, 1979; Liability of Architect-Engineers, 80-2 Construction Briefings, March, 1980; Architect-Engineer Liability Under Alabama Law, The Cambridge Institute, 1987 (updated annually); Construction Claims Under Alabama Law, The Cambridge Institute, 1988 (updated annually); Delays and Disruptions, Construction Contracts and Litigation 1990, Practicing Law Institute, 1990. Contributing author: Chapter 4, Compute the Damages, Seven Steps to Resolving Construction Contract Claims, The B. Warren Hart Memorial Lecture Series in Construction Law, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, 1983; Construction Claim Damages, Construction Contract Litigation XIII Seminar, The Florida Bar, 1984; Using Experts for Claims Preparation: Liability and Damages, Construction Contract Litigation IX Seminar, The Florida Bar, 1985; Chapter 4, Industrial Construction Projects, Construction Joint Ventures, Forms and Practice Guide, Wiley, 1992); 50 State Public Construction