Admitted
1977, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Alabama, B.A., 1972; University of North Carolina, M.A., 1973; Stanford University
Memberships
Birmingham (Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1991; Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1997; Chairman, Budget Committee, 1999; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 2001-2002. Board of Directors, Solo Practice/Small Firms Section, 1998—), Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member: Permanent Code Commission, 1992-1995; Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1996-1999; Committee on Character and Fitness, 2000—; Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 2002-2005); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1994; Executive Committee, 1994-2000); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Employment Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Sigma Alpha; Scabbard & Blade; Jasons; The Order of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bench and Bar; National Moot Court Team. Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition; Henderson M. Somerville Award; Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award, 1977. White House Fellow. Farrah Law Society (Chairman, 1992-1994). Leadership Birmingham, 1994. Member, U.S. International Debate Team, 1973-1975. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Member, Board of Directors and Vice President, 1996-1998; President, 1998-2000, University of Alabama Law School Foundation. Chairman, University of Alabama Law School Capital Campaign, 2002—. Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, 1987-1988. Member, Advisory Board, Blackburn Institute. Member, Advisory Board, The Birmingham Pledge, 2000—. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of The Legal Profession, 1975-1977. Author: The Scope of Legislative Ethics, in Representation and Responsibility (Plenum, 1985); Note, 2 The Journal of the Legal Profession 167-81 (1977). Congressional Testimony: Reforming the Ethics Disciplinary Procedures of the U.S. Senate, Testimony before the U.S. Senate Ethics Study Commission, May 20, 1993; Reforming Congressional Ethics Disciplinary Procedures, Testimony before Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, February 25, 1993. Visiting Scholar, The Hastings Center, 1983. Director, Corporate Issues, RCA Corporation, 1983-1986. Washington Representative, General Electric Co., 1986-1987. Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1988. Adjunct Instructor, Administrative Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998-2000. Special Counsel, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 1988. Associate Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987; Staff Director, 1987-1988. Counsel: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 198