Admitted
1984, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Mississippi, B.A., cum laude, 1981
Memberships
The Mississippi Bar.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Theta; Eta Sigma Phi. Recipient: National Merit Scholar; Charles Dean Memorial Scholarship, Commercial Law; William Waller Criminal Law and Procedure Award; American Jurisprudence Awards in Commercial Law, Criminal Procedure, Mississippi Civil Practice. Member, 1982-1984 and Research Editor, 1984, Mississippi Law Journal. Author: Equity Jurisdiction--Punitive Damages--Mississippi Chancery Courts Are Empowered to Award Punitive Damages, Mississippi Law Journal Vol. 53 No. 3, Sept., 1983; Comment, Damages Recoverable in Mississippi for the Wrongful Death of an Adult, Mississippi Law Journal, 1984. Adjunct Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, Appellate Advocacy, 1994-1997. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court Judge William C. Keady, Northern District of Mississippi, 1984-1985. Co-Editor, initial edition Fifth Circuit Court Reporting Service, 1990—. Assistant Director, Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society, 1999-2000.