Admitted
1971, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1970
Law School Graduation Year
1970
College
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1968
Memberships
Knoxville (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1981), Tennessee (Faculty Member) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Inns of Court.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1969). Author: University of Tennessee Legal Clinic Handbook of Forms, 1971; A Civil Rights Survival Kit, Public Risk, October, 1994. Lecturer, Civil Rights Litigation, 1983, National Institute for Municipal Law Officers, 1989; Civil Rights Update, Knoxville Bar Association, 1990; Suing and Defending the Government, Tennessee Bar Association, 1993; Police Pursuit and Municipal Liability, Before County and City Attorneys. Instructor and Staff Attorney, Legal Clinic, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1970-1971. Special Trial Counsel, City of Knoxville, 1976-1983. Deputy County Law Director, 1985-1988. Special Trial Counsel, City of Knoxville, 1988—. Member, Charter Revision Committee, City of Knoxville, 1982. Member, Unified Government Commission, 1996. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)