Admitted
1996, Georgia; 1999, Tennessee
Law School
Washington & Lee University, J.D., summa cum laude, salutatorian, 1995
Law School Graduation Year
1995
College
Birmingham-Southern College, B.F.A., Theatre, magna cum laude, 1989
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Recipient: Birmingham Arts Foundation Prize for Theatre Student Graduation with Highest Academic Average; American Jurisprudence Awards for Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Decedents' Estates and Trusts; West Publishing Book Prize for Student with Highest Cumulative Academic Average for 1993 Academic Year. Staff Writer, Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1995-1996. Previous Employment: Associate, Litigation/Bankruptcy Group, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC, Nashville, TN; Associate, Financial Restructurings/Bankruptcy Team, Long, Aldridge & Norman, LLP, Atlanta, GA.