Admitted
1987, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
Mercer University, J.D., cum laude, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
Albany Junior College, A.A., summa cum laude, 1982; Mercer University, B.A., cum laude, 1983
Memberships
State Bar of Georgia (Special Master, Disciplinary Matters; State Bar of Georgia Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee; Board Member, General Practice and Trial Section); Federal (President, Middle District of Georgia, 1999-2000) and American Bar Associations; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Columbus Lawyers Club
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Brainerd Currie. Member, Moot Court Board, 1985-1986. Survey Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1986-1987. Clerk, Honorable Justice Hardy Gregory, Jr., Georgia Supreme Court, 1987-1988. Lecturer: Taking the High-Risk Case To Appeal, 10th Annual Insurance Law Institute, Amelia Island, Florida, Sept. 1991; Punitive Damages after Tort Reform, State Bar Products Liability Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991; Georgia Civil Practice, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Georgia, 1992; Direct Examination--Scripting the Show, The Ultimate Start to Finish Seminar, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993; Proving and Defending Brain Injury Cases, American Bar Association, National Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992; Georgia Civil Practice, State Bar of Georgia, 1992—; Standing to Sue Under Georgia's Wrongful Death Art, The Verdict, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, 1993; Shippers Liability, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Seminar. Amicus Counsel, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: Lawyer's Foundation of Georgia.