Admitted
1986, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., with high honors, 1986; New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1991
Law School Graduation Year
1991
College
Carson Newman College, B.A., 1983
Memberships
Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court (1989-1991).
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Antitrust. Graduate Editor, (NYU) Tax Law Review. Assistant Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: Note, Liability of Social Hosts for the Subsequent Negligent Acts of Their Alcohol Impaired Guests, 52 Tennessee Law Review 145 (Fall, 1984). Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1988—.