Admitted
1979, District of Columbia; 1984, Virginia; 1992, Maryland; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Chicago, J.D., cum laude, 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Mississippi State University, B.A., with highest distinction, 1975
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, 1976-1977 and Executive Editor, 1977-1978, University of Chicago Law Review. Co-Author: A Pragmatic Argument Against Applying the Disparate Impact Doctrine in Age Discrimination Cases, 37 South Texas Law Review 625 (1996) (with Lani S. Shelton). Author: Discrimination Claims Against Drug Testing, 3 Employee Testing and the Law 1, Jan. 1988. Law Clerk to Hon. John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1978-1979.