Admitted
1975, Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Mississippi, B.A., English/German, 1973
Memberships
Bolivar County, Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial and Ins. Practice, Ins. Covg. and Govt. Liab. Comm.; State and Local Govt. Law Section, CLE Director, 1999-2000, Co-Chair, Govt. Ops. and Liab. Committee, 1998-1999 and Communications Director, 2002—, Election Law and Reapportionment Subcommittee, 1996-2002) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member: Govt. Law Section, Chairman, 1992-1993; Litigation Section, 1990—; Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993-1996; Code of Prof. Resp. Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1984-1986); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Committees on: Prod. Liab. and Govt. Liab); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; National Association of County Civil Attorneys (President, 1992-1993); Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys (President, 1989-1990); International Municipal Lawyers Association (Chair, County and Special Mun. Districts Department, 1999-2002; Recorder, Litigation and Risk Management Section, 1994-1995; IMLA Local Govt
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor: Census 2000: Considerations and Strategies for State and Local Government (ABA 2000); Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, (ABA 2001); Handbook for County Board Attorneys in MS (CGT 2000). Member, Editorial Board, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Member, Lamar Order. Author: Pretrial Discovery of an Insurer's Investigative File, 9 Voir Dire 10, No. 8 (1985); Dare We Trust the Jury? Yes, 18 The Brief 6 (Fall 1988); Proactive Defense Strategies in Voting Rights Litigation after Miller v. Johnson, 36 Mun. Law, 5 (Sept./Oct. 1995); Defense Strategies in Voting Rights Litigation After Shaw and Miller, 28 Urb. Law. 715 (Fall 1996); Implementing the Race-Predominant Standard for State and Local Government Redistricting Plans, 27 Stet. L. Rev. 835 (Winter 1998); Multi-Racial Democracy: Not a Black and White Issue, 21 State and Local Law News, No. 2 (Winter 1998); Colorblind Jurisprudence: The Demise of Racial Rorschachism and Separatism, 30 Urb. Law. 995 (Fall 1998); The Significance of Bogan v. Scott-Harris for Local Governments and the Impact of Legislative Immunity, Mun. Law. 6 (September/October 1998); Redistricting Litigation in the Next Millennium, 59 Cath. Univ. L. Rev. 1 (Fall 1999). Member, Law Alumni Board of Directors, University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1989-1993. Fellow, 2001—; IMLA Distinguished Service Award, 2002); International Society of Barristers, 2000—; The Federalist Society of Mississippi (Member, Board of Advisors, 1994—). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. (Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)