Admitted
1994, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Claims Court; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1994
Law School Graduation Year
1994
College
University of Tennessee, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991
Memberships
Cookeville, Tennessee and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Chairman, Lincoln's Inn Society, 1993-1994. Law Clerk to The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1994-1995. President, Upper Cumberland Trial Lawyers Association 1998-1999. Chairman, 1995-1997 and Committeeman, 1995-2001, Putnam County Democratic Party. Member, 2001— and Chairman, 2003—, Tennessee Registry of Election Finance. Member, Harry Phillips Inns of Court, 1996-1998.