Law School
Washington & Lee University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1989
Law School Graduation Year
1989
College
East Tennessee State University, B.S., 1985
Memberships
Washington County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1988-1989. John W. Davis Prize for Law, 1989. Hunton and Williams Scholar. Recipient, West Publishing Co. Hornbook Awards, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989. Author: The `Set Up' Defense and the Comparative Fault Defense: New Wrinkles in Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers, 45 Wash. Lee L. Rev. 321 (1988); Reverse Silver Platter: Should Evidence That State Officials Obtained in Violation of a State Constitution Be Admissible in a Federal Criminal Trial? 45 Wash. Lee L. Rev. 1499 (1988). Law Clerk to Hon. H. Emory Widener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1989-1990. Hearing Committee Member, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.