Admitted
1982, Tennessee; 1983, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., with honors, 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
University of North Alabama; Southern College, B.S. in Business Administration, 1979
Memberships
Lauderdale County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division; Secretary, Desk Book Committee, 1984-1985; President, 1989-1992 and Vice-President, 1984-1986, John T. McKinley Young Lawyers Section; Co-Chairperson, Alabama Bar Directory, 1988-1989; Member: Alabama Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee; Task Force on Legal Education, 1988-1989; Committee on Illiteracy, 1989-1990; Task Force on Facilities, 1990-1991; Committee on Lawyer Public Relations, 1993-1994, Vice-Chairman, 1995-1997; President, 1997-1998); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; North Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta; Tau Lambda Phi. Member, Christian Legal Society. Associate Editor, 1980-1981 and Editor, 1981-1982, Tennessee Law Review. Member, Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 1985-1990. Author: Note, Workers' Compensation - ‘arising out of employment’ Defined - Assault Injury, 48 Tenn. L. Rev. 515, 1981. Co-author: Article, Release of Civilly Committed Mental Patients in Tennessee, Public Law Institute Judicial Newsletter Vol. 9, No. 2, 1982. Law Clerk to Justice Richard L. Jones, Alabama Supreme Court, 1982-1983. President, Southern Union Society of Adventist Attorneys, 1985-1986. Member, Board of Trustees, Southern Adventist University.