Admitted
1989, Tennessee; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., with high honors, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
University of Tennessee, B.A., with highest honors, 1986
Memberships
Knoxville (Co-Chair, Fee Dispute Committee, 1999-2001), Anderson County and Tennessee Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, Constitutional Law and Wills, Trusts and Future Interests. Law Clerk: Honorable John Y. Powers, U.S. Magistrate, Eastern District of Tennessee; Honorable James H. Jarvis, Chief U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee. Member, Board of Commissioners, Tennessee Human Rights Commission, 1999—.