Admitted
1972, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1973, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1978, Tennessee and U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Mississippi, B.A., 1970
Memberships
Jackson-Madison County (Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1986; President, 1986) and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Instructor, Department of Law, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1977-1979. United States Attorney appointed by President George Bush, Western District of Tennessee, 1991-1993. U.S.Congressman, 7th District of Tennessee, 1995-2003. Member of the Judiciary, Agriculture and Energy and Commerce Committees, 1999. House Manager, Senate Impeachment Trial of President William J. Clinton, 1999.
Military
Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1973-1979; Capt., JAGC, Tennessee National Guard, 1979-1980