Law School
University of Tennessee, LL.B., 1961
Law School Graduation Year
1961
College
Austin Peay State University, B.S., 1965
Memberships
Chattanooga (President, 1973-1974), Tennessee (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1993, 1994-2003; President, 2001-2002) and American Bar Associations; Chattanooga Trial Lawyers Association; Tennessee Association of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (Charter Member, Tennessee Chapter; Chairman, Chattanooga Chapter Revision Commission); Justices Brock and Cooper American Inns of Court
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1960). Member, Editorial Staff, Tennessee Law Review, 1960-1961. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Frank W. Wilson, 1963-1964. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1964-1966. United States Magistrate, 1967-1978. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Sixth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules. Certified Supreme Court Mediator. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; American Bar Foundation; Tennessee Bar Foundation; Chattanooga Bar Foundation (Charter Member). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)