Admitted
1999, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2001, Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1999
Law School Graduation Year
1999
College
Louisiana State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1994
Memberships
Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Court. Curia Honoris. Recipient: West Student Award; Scholar of Merit (Real Property, Torts, Contracts, Evidence, Advanced Evidence, Commercial Transactions, Municipal Courts, Business Drafting, American Legal History, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Admiralty, Land Use Planning, International Law, Bankruptcy). Research Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1998-1999. Law Clerk to the Honorable James H. Hancock, Senior U.S. District Judge, N.D. Ala., 1999-2000. Author: Should Employees Share Their Arbitration Costs? The National Law Journal, March 18, 2002. Co-Author: A Brief Prelude: Hadley v. Baxendale, Y2K, and Maritime Trade, 8:2 Currents Int'l Trade L.J., 1999; Understanding the Federal Arbitration Act, For The Defense, January 2002.