Admitted
1974, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Auburn University, A.B., 1969
Memberships
Birmingham (Secretary/Treasurer, 1983; Member, Executive Committee, 1999—; President-Elect, 2003) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1980-1984, 1995-2001) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Law Day Chairman, 1980; Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1995—); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Chairman: Alabama Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Canons and Ethics, 1995—; Alabama Supreme Court Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee, 1998-1990. Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, 2000—.
Military
With U.S. Navy, 1970-1972