Admitted
1969, Georgia; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
Davidson College, B.A., 1966
Memberships
Atlanta (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Science and Technology; Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Sections on Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law, General Practice and Trial; Board of Governors representing the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 1982-1998, Executive Committee, 1990-1995; Executive Council, Younger Lawyers Section, 1973-1981; Judicial Procedure and Administration Committee, 1990-1993; Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, 1992-1995, 1996-1998; Special Committee on the Involvement of Women and Minorities in the Profession, 1991-1993; Disciplinary Rules and Procedure Committee, 1997-1998); American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate; Member: State Executive Committee, 1984-2003; National Board of Directors, 1990-2003; Chair, Civility Committee, 1992, 2000); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee); Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Founding Fellow); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Director, Trial Academy, 1987; Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1991); American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator and Mediator, Construction and Commercial Panels); Georgia/Alabama Advisory Council for Large, Complex Cases; Resolution Resources Corporation (Mediator and Arbitrator); Bleckley American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Computer Law Association; Licensing Executives Society International
Biographical
Editor-In-Chief: The Atlanta Lawyer, 1972-1973. Member, Editorial Board, Editor-In-Chief, 1984-1985, Georgia State Bar Journal. Co-Author: Georgia Lawyers Basic Practice Handbook, 2d Ed. 1980; Handbook for Appellate Practice in Georgia, The Harrison Company, 1977. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Practice, Emory University School of Law, 1975-1981. Litigation Professor, National Center for Paralegal Training, 1973-1974. Member, 1994-2001 and Chairman, 1999, 2000, 2001, Judicial Qualifications Commission. Member, Board of Trustees, Georgia Legal History Foundation, 1990-1992. Member, Advisory Board, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 1979-1986. Member, Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Inc. for the Northern District of Georgia, 1993-2000. Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, University of Georgia, School of Law. Member, Leadership Georgia, Class of 1980. Member: Class of 1990 and Executive Committee, 1991-1992, Leadership Atlanta. Member, 1988-2000 and Chair, 1988-1989, 1995-1998, Georgia Athlete Agent Regulatory Commission. Chair, Board of Directors, Pastoral Counseling Service of Atlanta. President, Davidson College Atlanta Alumni Association, 1982-1983. Chair, Board of Trustees, Riverside Military Academy. President, Parents Council, Trinity School, Inc., 1981-1982. President, Woodward Academy Lower School Parents Club, 1986-1988. Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1994, Treasurer, 1988-1991, Vice-President, 1991-1992, President, 1992-1994, Woodward Academy Upper School Parents Club. Chair, Board of Visitors, University of Georgia School of Law. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation; Georgia Bar Foundation.
Military
Second Lt., U.S. Army Reserve, 1966-1968