Admitted
1980, Tennessee, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Knoxville (President, 1994; Treasurer, 1990-1992), Tennessee (Chair, Litigation Section, 1992-1993; Chair, CLE Committee, 1995-1997; Member, Board of Governors, 1996-1999; Member, Family Law Code Commission; Vice President, Young Lawyers Conference, 1988-1991) and American (Member, Sections of: Family Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; American Inns of Court (Barrister, 1988-1993; Master of Bench, 1995—)
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Law Review, 1978-1979. Co-author: Tennessee Law of Evidence, 2d ed. Michie Co. 1991, 3rd ed. 1995, 4th Ed., Lexis Co., 2000. Author: Domestic Relations—Divorce—Restrictions on Recrimination, 46 Tennessee Law Review, 461, 1979. Instructor, Tennessee Law Institute, 1988—. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, 1990-2001. Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator. Certified Mediator, U.S. District Court (Eastern Section); Chair, Tennessee Judicial Evaluation Commission; Chair, Knoxville Bar Foundation. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation; Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference. Member, Knoxville Bar Foundation. (Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization).