Admitted
1982, Tennessee; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1996, U.S.
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., with high honors, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, B.A., 1979
Memberships
Nashville, Tennessee (Chair, Access to Justice Committee, 2000-2002) and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Staff Member, 1980-1981 and Student Materials Editor, 1981, Tennessee Law Review. Author: The Tennessee Dead Man's Statute, 49 Tennessee Law Review 343, 1983; Defending Employment Discrimination Class Actions, 44 For the Defense, No. 10, P.34 (Oct. 2002). Law Clerk: Hon. H. Ted Milburn, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1983-1984; Hon. Frank W. Wilson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1982.