Admitted
1997, Alabama; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits
Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1997
Law School Graduation Year
1997
College
Auburn University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991; Vanderbilt University, M.T.S., 1997
Memberships
Birmingham, Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute, Appellate Advocacy Committee; Council of Appellate Lawyers.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Moot Court Board. Rotary Scholar. Judicial Clerk, U.S. Circuit Judge Gilbert S. Merritt, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1997-1998. Articles: The Critical Condition of EMTALA, 48 Vand. L. Rev. 1491 (1995); The Sedimentary Constitution, 147 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (1998); Settling Federal Cases on Appeal, DRI-Certworthy (Summer 2000), reprinted in Alabama Lawyer (Nov. 2000); Litigating Beyond Trial Level Gains Recognition as New Specialty, 15 BNA-Corporate Counsel Weekly, No. 24 (2000); Making an Effective Oral Argument Notebook, 15 DRI-Certworthy (Winter 2001).