Admitted
1983, Tennessee; 1985, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.A., summa cum laude, 1979
Memberships
Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Certiorari Clerk to the Honorable Frank F. Drowota, III, Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to the Honorable Leland C. Nielsen, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of California, San Diego, 1983-1985. Assistant City Attorney, City of Knoxville, 1985-1988.