Admitted
1970, Virginia; 1971, Tennessee and District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and Auburn University, B.S.A.E., 1965
Memberships
Nashville (Secretary-Treasurer, 1975-1976), Tennessee (Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, 2001-2002), Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1969-1970. Law Clerk to the Hon. Harry Phillips, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1970-1971. Contributor: District of Columbia Circuit Note, 1967-1968; 57 Georgetown Law Journal 308, 1968. Rated as Nashville's top patent lawyer and one of the top 100 Lawyers in Nashville in 2002 Nashville Post magazine survey of judges, lawyers and business executives. Monthly Columnist, Mediator's Corner, column in Intellectual Property Today magazine. Representative, Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates, 1995—. Director, Nashville Industrial Revenue Board, 1979-1980. Certified Rule 31 Mediator. Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation, 1994.