Admitted
1968, Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
Law School
University of Kentucky, J.D., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
Berea College, B.A., 1965
Memberships
Kentucky (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1994; Committees: Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1993—; Criminal Rules 1995—) and American Bar Associations; Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director, 1994; President, 1997); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director, 2000); Kentucky Criminal Justice Council (Drug Strategy Committee, 1999-2001); Public Advocacy Commission; Kentucky Bar Foundation (Board, 1995—; President-Elect, 2001-2002; President, 2002-2003).
Biographical
Recipient, Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Presidential Award, 1995; Department of Public Advocacy's Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002. Lecturer: Defending Battered Spouses, Blood, Breath, Urine and Field Sobriety Tests or Voodoo and Other Scatological Metaphors and Prosecutorial Misconduct, Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Department of Public Advocacy. Author: Using Confrontations with Police Officers to Your Advantage, The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, November, 1994; Champion Profile; From the President, 10 Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Newsletter 1-3. Faculty, Department of Public Advocacy, Trial Practice Institute. Trustee, Berea College, 1996-2002. (Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)