Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
University of Alabama, B.S., 1965
Memberships
Etowah County (Past President) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Past President); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1988, 1995—; Executive Committee, 1998-2000; Presidents Council, 1985-1986; National Chair, Litigation Group, Oversight and Liaison Committee, 1988-1989; Co-Chair, 1990-1992; Sustaining Member; Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000; Member, President Club, 2000); National College of Trial Advocacy (Member, Board of Trustees, 1992—; Vice-Chair, 1993-1994; Co-Chair, 1994-1996; Vice-Chair, 1996-1998); National College of Advocacy (Designated Advocate & Diplomat)
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Bench and Bar. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2001. Author: Recognizing and Proving Damages of Psychic Injuries, 39 The Alabama Lawyer, 1978; Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence: What's the Same? What's Different? 45 Alabama Law Review 109, 1993; various articles, Trial magazine, Alabama Trial Lawyers; Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1987; closing argument included in Professional Techniques Library Million Dollar Argument Series. Contributing Editor, Roberts-Cusimano Alabama Tort Law Handbook First Edition, 1990; Second Edition, 1996, Third Edition, 2000, Michie. Co-Editor-in-Chief, ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, 6 Vols. 2003, West. Past Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Alabama Lawyer. Lecturer: Trial Advocacy, University of Alabama School of Law; Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Bar Institute; Continuing Legal Education, Cumberland School of Law; Harvard Law School, Hastings Law School and Georgetown Law School. Numerous Presentations: Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyer Associations and State Bar Associations in 31 states. Practitioner in Residence, University of Alabama Law School. Faculty: ATLA National College of Trial Advocacy; Alabama Bar Institute C.L.E.; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alabama Judicial College. Designed the first Case Workshop, the first Alabama Judicial College and Overcoming Jury Bias College. Designed Award Winning Overcoming Juror Bias Seminar. Member, Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, and the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure Committee of the Alabama Supreme Court. Special Assistant Attorney General. President, Farrah Law Society, 1988-1990. President, University of Alabama Law School, 1968. Roscoe Pound Fellow and Trustee. Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow Alabama Bar Foundation.