Admitted
1988, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
Law School
Duke University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Rhodes College, B.A., with honors, 1981; Duke University, M.A., 1985
Memberships
Birmingham and American (Member, Employee Benefits Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section; Member, Health Law Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk, Honorable Seybourn H. Lynne, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1987-1988. Lecturer, Yaounde University School of Law and Economics, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1986-1987. Co-Author: Alabama's Amended Ethics Law, 57(1), The Ala. Lawyer 34 (Jan. 1996). Author: Federal Mandates for Health Plans: What is COBRA? 3(2) HMOs & Health Plans (Winter 2000); Federal Mandates for Health Plans: What is HIPAA? 4(8) HMOs & Health Plans 1 (Spring 2001); The HIPAA Privacy Rules from a Litigation Perspective, 64(2) The Ala. Lawyer 126 (March 2003).