Admitted
1997, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1998, Florida, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
Law School Graduation Year
1997
College
Samford University, B.A., with honors, 1993
Memberships
Birmingham and American (Member, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, Section on Labor & Employment Law, 1998—; Section on Litigation) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; Defense Research Institute (Member, Employment Law Committee); Birmingham Inn, Americans Inns of Court (Charter Member, 1996—).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa; Curia Honoris; Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board; Cordell Hull Fellow. Editor-in-Chief, Cumberland Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Edwin L. Nelson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1997-1998. Author: Closing the Door on the Public's Right to Know, Alabama's Open Meetings Law After Dunn v. Alabama State University Board of Trustees, 28 Cumb. L. Rev. 361, (1998); Candor Toward the Tribunal: Should an Attorney Sacrifice Truth and Integrity for the Sake of the Client?, 31 Suffolk U.L. Rev. 59, (1998); Same Gender Sexual Harassment: A Need to Re-Examine the Legal Underpinnings of Title VII's Ban on Discrimination 'Because of' Sex, 27 Cumb. L. Rev. 231, (1997). Co-Editor: Employment Discrimination Law (3d ed.), 1999 Annual Supplement. Cordell Hull Fellow, 1995-1996;