Admitted
1986, Tennessee; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
Holy Cross College, A.B., 1965; Harvard University, M.D., 1970
Memberships
Nashville Bar Association; Nashville Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1984-1986. Author: Note, Quick Termination of Insubstantial Civil Rights Claims: Qualified Immunity and Procedural Fairness, 38 Vanderbilt Law Review 1543, 1985. Lecturer in Law, Vanderbilt University, 1989-1992. Law Clerk: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1986-1987; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1987-1988; Chair, Federal Courts Committee, Nashville Bar Association, 1991; Deputy Co-Chair, Federal Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Middle District of Tennessee, 1991-1995; Associate Member, Harry Phillips Inn of Court, 1990-1992.
Military
With U.S. Public Health Service, 1971-1973