Admitted
1976, Arkansas; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh and Tenth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
University of Arkansas, B.A., 1973
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Writing Excellence Award, Arkansas Bar Foundation, 1994. Contributing Editor, Handling Appeals in Arkansas , 1997. Author: Shaw v. Reno: Will it Turn Out Like Koresh v. Reno? Arkansas Lawyer, 1994. Co-editor: Proposed Arkansas Model Contract Jury Instructions, 20 U.A.L.R. Law Journal 1 (1997). Instructor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law, 1977-1978. Visiting Instructor of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Harvard University, 1979 and 1980. Law Clerk to Hon. H. Franklin Waters, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1986-1987. Member, State Board of Law Examiners, 1995-2001. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Arkansas Lawyer Magazine, 1994-1996. Special Justice, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1999. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation.