Admitted
1970, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1969
Law School Graduation Year
1969
College
University of Tennessee, B.S., 1967
Memberships
Knoxville (Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1989-1991; Membership Services, 1992), Tennessee (Member, House of Delegates; Faculty Member) and American (Member, Sections on: General Practice; Urban, State and Local Government; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association (President, 1978-1979); International Municipal Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute; Knoxville Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Special General Sessions Judge, Knox County, 1974-1975. Delinquent Tax Attorney, Sevier County, 1971-1976. Director of Law and City Attorney, City of Knoxville, 1976-1983. City Attorney: City of Plainview, 1999—; City of Maynardville, 2000—. Hearing Officer, City of Knoxville, Civil Service Merit Board, 2003—. Member, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, 1995-2000. Chairman, Charter Revision Commission for City of Knoxville, 1976-1982; Chairman, Working Committee for Model Procurement Code of City of Knoxville, 1977; Member, Working Committee on Model Procurement Code for State of Tennessee, 1978-1979. Certified Rule 31 Mediator, Tennessee Commission of Alternative Dispute Resolution; Certified Court Mediator, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by National Board of Trial Advocacy)(Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)