Admitted
1978, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., cum laude, 1975
Memberships
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar. President, Birmingham-Southern College Student Government Association, 1974-1975. Member, Alabama Law Review, 1976-1977. Member, Bench and Bar. Author: Agency Immunity and Officer Liability After Destafney: A Justifiable Dichotomy? Volume 14:1 Cumberland Law Review, 1983; Interference with Business Relations: The Unified Tort Since Gross v. Lowder Realty, Vol. 50, The Alabama Lawyer, May 1989; RICO in the 11th Circuit after H.J., Inc., Vol. 51, The Alabama Lawyer, September, 1990; Litigating Minority Shareholders Rights and the New Tort of Oppression, Vol. 53 The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1992; Prosecuting Class Actions in State Court, Volume 14, No. 2 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, 1994. Clerk to Judge Walter P. Gewin, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1978-1979. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama, 1980—. Treasurer, 1986-1987 and Chairman, 1988-1989, Business Torts and Antitrust Section, Alabama State Bar. Member: Alabama State Board of Bar Examiners, 1991-1994; Alabama Law Institute, 1991—. Member: Executive Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1990-1993; Litigation and Antitrust Sections, American Bar Association. President, Board of Trustees, Birmingham Legal Aid Society, 1988-1989.