Admitted
1983, Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., cum laude, 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Troy State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Mobile and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Directors, 1996-1998; Amicus Curiae Committee); Product Liability Advisory Council; Defense Research Institute (Member, Life, Health and Disability Committee); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1981-1983. Member, Alabama Supreme Court Standing Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure, 1991—. Author: Should This Case Be Appealed? 60 Ala. Lawyer 107 (March 1999); The Changing Role of Juries in Punitive Damages Cases, DRI, for the Defense, November 2001; Defending Insurers from Punitive Damages, DRI, for the Defense, May 1998; Alabama's Wrongful Death Statute: A Problematic Existence, 40 Ala. L. Rev. 475, 1989.