Admitted
1976, Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Purdue University, B.A., 1973
Memberships
Nashville (First Vice President, 1996-1997; Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997), Tennessee and American (Vice-Chair, Solo and Small Firm Committee, 1997-1998) Bar Associations; Fellow, Nashville Bar Foundation (President, 1999); Tennessee Council of School Board Attorneys (President, 1996-1997); Lawyers Association for Women, Marion Griffin Chapter (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1997); Harry Phillips American Inn of Court (Master and Member of Executive Committee, 1996—; Barrister, 1993-1996).
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Purdue University. Member, National Moot Court Team, Moot Court Board, Vanderbilt Law School. Named American Bar Association's Sole Practitioner of the Year, 1997. Author: Proving and Disproving Punitive Damages, Litigation, The Journal of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, Vol. 21, No. 2, Winter, 1994. Lecturer in Law, Vanderbilt Law School, 1980-1990. Faculty Member, Nashville School of Law, 1998—. Administrative Law Judge, Tennessee State Department of Education, 1986-1990. Law Clerk, Justice Joe W. Henry, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1976.
Military
U.S. Army, 1966-1968 (active duty); Honorable Discharge, 1972