Admitted
1973, Mississippi
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1971
Memberships
The Mississippi Bar; Federal and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Association of Gaming Attorneys; International Association of Gaming Attorneys (General Counsel and Member, Board of Trustees).
Biographical
Assistant U.S. Attorney (Civil Division), 1981-1986. Executive Director and Chief Counsel, Mississippi Judicial Council, 1976-1980. Member: Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance (Mississippi State Bar Representative) 1985-1988; Governor's Mississippi Groundwater Protection Advisory Committee, 1988-1991; Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, 1988-1991; Pearl River Basin Development District, 1991; Board of Trustees, International Association of Gaming Attorneys, 1996—; Board of Trustees, International Masters of Gaming Law, 2001—. Chairman, Gaming Section, The Mississippi Bar, 2000-2001. Representation in Mississippi and other U.S. and foreign jurisdictions of international and domestic organizations involved in all aspects of the gaming industry, including, but not limited to, the licensing, registration, and findings of suitability of casinos, manufacturers, distributors, lessors, public and private holding companies, trusts, shareholders, officers, directors, key employees and other corporations, partnerships, and individuals; and the representation of those groups before administrative agencies with regard to licensing, registration, findings of suitability, transfers of ownership, work permits, patron disputes, investigations, and disciplinary proceedings.