Admitted
1974, Mississippi and Louisiana
Law School
Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
Louisiana State University and A. and M. College, B.A., 1968
Memberships
Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member, Board of Governors, 1996-2004; Endowment Board of Directors, Civil Justice Foundation, Eagle Club; Vice Chairman, Faculty Training Committee, 1984-1985; Member of Faculty, National College of Advocacy, 1989-1992; Maritime Law Advisory Committee, 1989-1996; Trial by Jury Committee, 1989-1990; Congressional Key Person, 1989-1996; Long-Range Finance Committee, 1989-1990; Membership Committee, 1990-1991; Co-Chairman, Aviation Advisory Committee, 1989-1990; Member, 1990-1996; Admiralty Law Advisory Committee, 1992-1996; 1998-1999); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1991-1992; Vice President, 1989-1990; Member, Board of Governors, 1984-2004); Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-2004). Advocate, Inner Circle of Advocates. Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates
Biographical
Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Mississippi, 1973-1974. Author: Proving Bad Faith of An Insurer, 20 TRIAL, p. 16, August, 1984; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, 21 TRIAL, p. 76, June, 1986; Basic Principles of Settling Personal Injury Claims, 9 VOIR DIRE, p.21, July/August, 1986; Assault on the Citadel: An Attempt to Dismantle Mississippi Product Liability Law, VOIR DIRE, Christmas, 1990, p. 20; Professionalism in the Trial Practice: A Plaintiff Lawyer's Perspective, THE MISSISSIPPI LAWYER, April/May, 1991; Assault on the Citadel: Part II, VOIR DIRE, Spring, 1992; Direct Examination of an Economic Expert in an Asbestos Case-Financial Worth of Corporation, ART OF ADVOCACY-DIRECT EXAMINATION, 1993, ยง35; The Justice of Torts-Product Liability Laws Should Be Crafted by States, THE SUN HERALD, 1995; Truthfulness in Discovery: Does Land Change the Ground Rules? VOIR DIRE, p. 10, Spring 1996; An Unusual Mechanism of Burn Injury Due To Flaming Drinks, THE AMERICAN SURGEON, 1997, Vol. 63, No. 3,p. 252; Jury Awards Family $3.4 Million in Kmart Abduction, SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT, Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept/Oct 1997, p. 1. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2002.