Admitted
1969, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1966
Memberships
Knoxville, Tennessee (Member, Young Lawyers Section; President, 1977-1978; Board of Governors, 1978; Member, Legal Education and The Bar Committee, 1995—) and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1973-1986; Board of Governors At-Large, 1996—; Vice President, 1977; Secretary, 1978); Knoxville Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1980-1984); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench); Society of Law and Medicine.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Author: Trends Appearing Monthly in Ready for the Plaintiff, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1978-1982. Co-Author with Jerry J. Phillips, Products Liability, (3 Vol. Set), The Michie Company, 1993—. Lecturer on Law, University of Tennessee, 1971-1974. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, (Personal Injury), Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, 1993-2002 Editions, Woodward/White. Chairman, 21st Century Campaign, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1994-1999. Member of Faculty, Tennessee College of Trial Advocacy, 1978—. Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice, University of Tennessee School of Law, 1978—. Founder, University of Tennessee College of Law Center of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1981; Case Western School of Law Litigation Forum, 1981. Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1991-1994. Member, Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Eastern District of Tennessee.