Admitted
1963, Alabama; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Alabama, LL.B., 1963
Law School Graduation Year
1963
College
University of Alabama, A.B., 1957
Memberships
Montgomery County (President, 1980-1981), Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971)
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Bench and Bar. Legislative Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1962. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1963-1964. Assistant District Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit, 1969-1970. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981-1983. Trustee, 1983-1998 and President, 1998-2001, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society. Chairman, Lawyer's Advisory Committee for U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 2000—. Director, Alabama Law Institute, 1986—. Trustee, Alabama Law School Foundation, 1985—. President, Farrah Law Society, 1986-1987. Founder and Master Bencher Emeritus, Montgomery Chapter, American Inn of Court (President, 1992-1993). Director, Middle District of Alabama Federal Defender Program, 1994-1995. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation.
Military
Active Duty, Lt. USNR, 1957-1960