Admitted
1986, Tennessee; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1986; Franklin Pierce Law Center, Intellectual Property Summer Institute, intensive course of study in patent & trademark issues, 2003
Law School Graduation Year
2003
College
University of Tennessee, B.A., 1982
Memberships
Knoxville (Board of Governors, 2002—), Tennessee (Chair, Intellectual Property Section, 2002—; Member, Sections on: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association (Officer, 2003—); Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench).
Biographical
Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. National Moot Court Team; Moot Court Board. Member, Tennessee Law Review. Member: Knox County Home Rule Charter Commission, 1988; Future Knox Commission, 1989; Knox County Election Commission, 1997-2001; U.S. District Court Mediation Panel. Board of Directors, Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership, 2001—. Chair, Baker Donelson Commercial Litigation Practice Group.