Admitted
1977, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, llth Circuit, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Illinois, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Birmingham (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985; President, 1997) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Recipient, Judge Walter P. Gewin Award, 1993); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1982—; Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Procedure, 1982-2001); International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; Alabama Chapter, President, 1991; Member, National Board of Directors)
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Chief Justice, Moot Court Board. Editor, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 1987—. Author: 42 U.S.C. §1983 and Common Law Torts: An Analysis of Procedural Pitfalls, Vol 12 Cumberland Law Review 99, 1981; The Pursuit of Damages For Mental Anguish in Alabama, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, January, 1982; Bad Faith in Alabama: An Infant Tort in Intensive Care, 34 Alabama Law Review, 563, 1983; Bad Faith Update, Ala. Lawyer, Summer, 1996. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge James H. Hancock, Northern District of Alabama, 1977-1978. Fellow, National College of Advocates.
Military
1st Lt., U.S. Army, Adjutant General, 1972-1974