Law School
Cumberland School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Samford University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1974
Memberships
Etowah County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1979-1980) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1987—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Curia Honoris. Member, Editorial Board, Cumberland Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: Roberts-Cusimano, Alabama Tort Law, Second Edition, Michie, 1996, Third Edition, LEXIS, 2000; Alabama Tort Law, Third Edition Cumulative Supplement, 2001-2003; Alabama Tort Law, Second Edition Cumulative Supplement, 1997-1999; Roberts-Cusimano, Alabama Tort Law Handbook, Michie, 1990; Alabama Tort Law Handbook Cumulative Supplement , 1991-1995; ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, Ch. 68 Fraud West, 2003. Recent Developments in Slip and Fall Cases, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, 1997; Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence: What's the Same? What's Different? 45 Alabama Law Review 109, 1993; Profit Recovery for the New or Unestablished Business, 48 Alabama Lawyer 78, March, 1987; The Televised Trial: A Perspective, 7 Cumberland Law Review 323, 1976; Note, Expert Economic Testimony Regarding Inflation's Effect on Future Pecuniary Damages Held Admissible, 6 Cumberland Law Review 733, 1976; Recovery For Lost Profits of Nascent Businesses, 3 Commercial Damages Reporter 67, April-May, 1988; Sexual Harassment Remedies, 4 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 15, 1985. Board of Editors, The Alabama Lawyer, 1991-1999. Lecturer: Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Bar Institute, 1992, 1998-2001; Continuing Legal Education, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1989, 1996, 2001. Law Clerk to Presiding Judge L. Charles Wright, Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, 1977-1978. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2003—.