Admitted
1980, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.S., 1976; University of Tennessee at Knoxville, M.B.A. in Fi
Memberships
Memphis (Member, Board of Directors and Board Executive Committee, 1999—), Tennessee (West Tennessee Representative, Board of Governors, 2000—) and American (Member: Litigation Section; House of Delegates, 2000—) Bar Associations; Memphis Bar Foundation (Fellow and Board of Directors, 2003—); Tennessee Bar Foundation (Fellow); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; American Health Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Member: Moot Court Board (Vice Chairman, 1978-1979; Chairman, 1979-1980). Member, Moot Court Team (Member, Committees on: Securities Law, 1978-1979; Labor Law, 1979-1980). Chair, 1994-1998 and Member, 1994—, University of Tennessee College of Law Alumni Council. Author: Property Tax Exemptions for Religious and Educational Institutions: How Pure is Pure? Judicial Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 2, Spring 1979; Pritchard v. Rogers and the Nightmare of Defective Trust Deed Forms, Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, May, 1985; The Tennessee Recording Tax Statute and its Effect on Perfection of Security Interests, Lewis and Aronov, Tennessee Law Review, Spring, 1985; Inadequate Trust Deed Waivers of The Statutory Right of Redemption: The Nightmare Reoccurs, Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 22, No. 5, October 1986; Resolving Priority Disputes Under Section 9-306 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Who Wins Between a Creditor Bank and an Inventory Lender With Respect to Proceeds of Inventory? Tennessee Bar Journal, November December, 1991; Physician Deposition Fees, Nashville Medical News, Volume VI, No. 1, January, 1994; Arbitration and Mediation Clauses in Health Care Contracts, Nashville Medical News, Vol. 5, No. 7, July 1994; Supreme Court Decides Arbitration Agreements Between Physicians and Patients are not Per Se Void as Against Public Policy, June 1996 Health Care News; Secrets of Success from Trial Lawyers, Memphis Lawyer, Volume 17, Issue 3, July/August, 2000; Rule 56.03: Whatever Will Be Will Be, Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2002. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Frank Drowota, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1980. Vice-Chair, Tennessee Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, 1991-1996. Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1991-1994. Vice-Chair, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission, 1994-1995. Chair, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission, 1995-1996. Member, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission, 1994-2001. Recipient: Tennessee Supreme Court Outstanding Ser