Admitted
1975, Alabama and Florida; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., cum laude, 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
American University; University of Florida, B.A., 1970; Harvard University, Negotiation, 1996-1997;
Memberships
Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1989-1992, Secretary/Treasurer, 1993) and American (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Business Torts/AntiTrust Section; Chairman, Task Force for Alternative to Dispute Resolution, 1989-1990; Co-Chairman, IMP Increased Minority Participation Task Force; Chairman, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee); The Florida Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Arbitration Association (State Advisory Chairman); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; American Academy of Attorney Mediators
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Cumberland Law Review. Member, Curia Honoris, Cumberland School of Law. Author: Case Note, p. 394, Vol. 4, No. 2, Cumberland Law Review, Fall, 1973; A Judicial Interpretation of the Nixon Administration, Vol. 6, No. 1, Cumberland Law Review, Spring, 1975; Blasting - An Abnormally Dangerous Activity in Need of a Strict Liability Standard, Commercial Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 1980-1981; Arbitration - The Alternative to Timely, Costly Litigation, 42 Alabama Lawyer 309 (1981); Modern Arbitration For Alabama: A Concept Whose Time Has Come, Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1994-1995; Medication Comes of Age in Alabama, The Alabama Lawyer, July 1998, Vol. 59, No. 5; and The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 23, Issue 3 (Spring 2000); Multiparty Mediation, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 23, Issue 2 (Fall 1999); Mediation: The Humanization of the Justice System Resulting in the Truest Equities Among the Parties, The Alabama Defense Lawyer Journal (1999). Member, Alabama Supreme Court Standing Committee on Appellate Procedure, 1979-1983. Alabama State Bar Dispute Resolution Roster. Neutral, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Member, Alabama Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission. Fellow: PR Institute of Dispute Resolution; American College of Civil Trial Mediators; American Academy of Attorney Mediators; National Association of Securities Dealers-Mediators. Mediator: American Arbitration Association; Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation.
Military
With U.S. Army, 1970-1972