Admitted
1978, Alabama; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Tax Court; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth, and Federal Circuits
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Ohio University, B.G.S., summa cum laude, 1975
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section, Appellate Practice Committee; Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers); Alabama State Bar (Chair, Appellate Practice Section, 2002-2003; Chair, Business Torts and Antitrust Section, 1997-1998).
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Co-Chair, Board of Editors, Journal of the Legal Profession, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1978-1979. Editor-in-Chief, Effective Motion Practice Manual, Alabama Institute for CLE, 1999. Author: Making Your Appeals More Appealing: Appellate Judges Talk About Appellate Practice, 59 Ala. Law. 321, 1998. Frequent Speaker on Civil Procedure and Appellate Practice Issues. Professor, Birmingham School of Law, 1995-1997.