Admitted
1987, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Seventh Circuits; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Wake Forest University, J.D., cum laude, 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.S., high honors, 1982
Memberships
Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1993, 1997-1999; 2001—; President, Young Lawyers Division, 1992), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Co-Chairman, Environmental Crimes Committee, 1996-1999; Amicus Committee, Legislative Committee); Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court (Executive Committee, 1999-2002; Master of the Bench Emeritus; Fellow, International Society of Barristers.
Biographical
Editor-in-Chief, Wake Forest Law Review, 1985-1986. Graduate, National Criminal Defense College, 1989. Law Clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis, Circuit Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1986-1987.