Admitted
1984, Alabama; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Earlham College, B.A., 1980
Memberships
Mobile Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Member, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure, 1986-1988); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1988-1990; Executive Committee, 1990—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Southwest Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Recipient, Public Justice Achievement Award, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997. Assistant District Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, Mobile, Alabama, 1984-1986. Member, Plaintiff's Steering Committee, National Co-Liaison Counsel, in re: Amtrak Sunset Limited Disaster Litigation, MDL. Member, Plaintiff's Litigation Committee, Castano v. American Tobacco Company, et al, Cigarette Litigation; Lead Class Counsel, Nealy v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, Discrimination Litigation; Class Counsel, Cox v. Shell Oil Company, Hoescht Celanese, Polybutylene Pipe Litigation; Class Counsel, Hollingshead v. Delta Pride, et al, Hunter v. Bank One; Myers v. First Tennessee Bank.