Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Northwestern University, B.A., 1979; Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, M.B.
Memberships
Nashville, Tennessee (Member, Commercial and Corporate Committee) and American (Member, Banking Law Subcommittee of Business Law Section and Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations; Tennessee Bankers Association (Member: Lawyer's Committee; Government Relations Committee; Insurance Task Force); Georgia Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section).
Biographical
Recipient, European Institute Scholarship. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Named one of Best Lawyers in Nashville by Nashville Post Magazine, 2003. Author: Column, The Lex Ten, The City Paper, Nashville, TN; Banking Acquisition and Procedures by Holding Companies, The Banking Law Journal, Nov.-Dec., 1984; Know Copyright and Trademark Laws Before Ink Goes to Paper, Print South, October 1993; Trademark and Copyright Protection, The Tennessee Banker, May 1994; Surf's Up: A Bankers' Guide to Riding the Internet Wave, American Banker, Sept. 1995; A Guide for Bankers Surfing the Net, The Tennessee Banker, June 1996; Letters of Intent-More Than Just Establishing Price, Tennessee CPA Journal, 1999. Co-Author: The Community Reinvestment Act: The Regulators Give It A New Emphasis, The Banking Law Journal, July-Aug., 1990; Starting De Novo Banks, Alex Information, 1999. Member, Country Music Association. Finalist, Concours International De Plaidoiries, La Defense Des Droits De L'Homme, Caen, France, March 1991.