Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., with honors, 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
Florissant Valley Community College, A.A., 1977; University of Missouri, B.S., summa cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Chattanooga (Chairman, Membership Committee, 1988-1989), Tennessee and American (Member: Intellectual Property Law Section, 1992—; Federal Trademark Legislation Committee, 1996—) Bar Associations; International Trademark Association; Chattanooga Junior Chamber of Commerce (Legal Counsel, 1991-1992); Tennessee Board of Law Examiners (Member, District 3 Investigating Committee, 1990-1995).
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Harold Warner Scholarship. Member, 1982-1984 and Research Editor, 1983-1984, Tennessee Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Robert E. Cooper, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1984-1986. Author: Making Your Mark with Trademarks, Vol. 2, No. 4, Tenn. Business Law Focus, 1996; Copyright Fundamentals, Vol. 3, No. 1, Tenn. Business Law Focus, 1997. Director, Visually Impaired Training and Learning Center, 1995-2000.