Admitted
1985, Arkansas; 1986, U.S Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., with honors, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Hendrix College, B.A., Literature/Philosophy, 1970; University of Tennessee, M.S., Disability Evalua
Memberships
Arkansas Bar Association (Chair: Administrative Law Division, 1993; Social Security Committee, 1994).
Biographical
Alpha Psi Omega. Recipient: Outstanding Public Service Award, Social Security Administration, 1977; Law Journal Writing Award, 1984; Outstanding Public Service Award, Disability Determination, Social Security Administration, 1986. Assistant Research Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: Getting To The Heart Of Things: A Social Security Disability Primer, The Arkansas Lawyer, Volume 22 Number 3, 1988; Administrative Law, 6 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal 461. Guest Lecturer, Workers Compensation, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1996. Instructor: Ethics, CLE, Arkansas Bar Association, 1999; Managing the Difficult Client, CLE, National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives, San Antonio, Texas, 1998; Client Relationships, CLE, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 1996; Drug Abuse and Alcohol, CLE, Arkansas Trial Lawyers, 1995; Managing the Difficult Client, CLE, National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994. Previously with: Social Security Administration, Disability Determination, 1973-1986; Bud Whetstone, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1986-2001.