Admitted
1979, Alabama; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Alabama, B.S., summa cum laude, 1976
Memberships
Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Standing Committee, Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, 2002).
Biographical
Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Bench and Bar. Associate Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession, 1978-1979. Author: Self-Incrimination and the Use of an Attorney's Immunized Testimony in a Subsequent Disbarment Proceeding, 3 Journal of the Legal Profession 119, 1978. Co-author: Federal Preemption of Common/State Law Employment Claims, 1 The Corporate Analyst 1, March 1988. Co-Author: Products Liability Law, Loss Control and Insurance, National Association of Manufacturers, 1992. Law Clerk for Chief Judge Frank H. McFadden, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1979-1980. Listed in Outstanding Lawyers of America.