Admitted
1977, Mississippi and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., Valedictorian, with distinction, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1971; University of Southern California, M.S. Ed., 1974
Memberships
Mississippi State Bar (Mississippi State Bar Delegate to Judicial Conference of Fifth Circuit, 1984-1986); Lee County and American (Litigation and Torts Section; Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 2000; Board of Directors, 1994-1998; Secretary/Treasurer and Editor of MDLA Quarterly Newsletter (1998); Chairman, Northeast Mississippi Regional Committee, 1989, 1991, 1992; President-Elect, 1999; Ethics Committee Vice Chairman, 1990); Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Mississippi Claims Association (Member, 2001 Legal/Legislative Committee); Atlanta Claims Association; National Fire Protection Association; International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.; Mississippi Fire Investigators Association; University of Mississippi Insurance Advisory Council 2000; Mississippi Tort Claims Board (Panel Counsel). .
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in: Who's Who in Mississippi Law. Recipient, Outstanding Phi Delta Phi First Year Student Award. Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976. Law Clerk to Hon. William C. Keady, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1977-1979. Seminar Speaker: “Tort Reform,” Mississippi State University Insurance Day (2002); Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Act: An Overview of Compliance Obligations and Questions Left Unanswered Under the Act, Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint, and Bad Faith: It is Best to Avoid It, Here's How, Continuing Education Seminar for the Professional Insurance Agents of Mississippi/Mississippi Claims Annual Convention, Orange Beach, Alabama (2001); Recent Developments in Mississippi Insurance Law, Ole Miss Insurance Symposium, Oxford, Mississippi (2000); Constitutional Issues Raised by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Mississippi Governmental Tort Immunity Seminar (1998). Counsel in Bad Faith/Arson/Insurance Fraud Mock Trial for the Mississippi Fire Investigators Association Fire and Arson School (1997). Presentations: Legal Implications of Current Version of National Fire Protection Association § 921 State Farm Insurance Companies Special Investigative Unit Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama (1996); Defense of Fire, Fraud and Bad Faith Mississippi State University College of Business and Industry (1994); Defense Counsel in bad faith/arson/insurance fraud mock trial for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Advanced Claim School (1993); Insurance Defense Issues and Recent Developments Mississippi Claims Association State Convention (1992); Insurance Defense Issues in Mississippi Safeco Insurance Company, Nashville, Tennessee (1987); First Party Bad Faith Defense Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Companies (1985); Arson and Fraud Defense in Mississippi State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (1984). Publications: Y2K-Klear? Konfusing? T
Military
U.S. Air Force, active duty, 1971-1974