Admitted
1979, Alabama; 1987, District of Columbia; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Di
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Eton College, Windsor, England, A.A., 1972; Dartmouth College, B.A., Honors in History, 1976
Memberships
Huntsville-Madison County and American (Member, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1984-1992) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Secretary, Section on Bankruptcy and Commercial Law, 1983); Commercial Law League of America (Young Members Executive Council, 1990-1992; Southern Region Executive Council, 1991-1994; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section Executive Council, 1992-1994).
Biographical
Member, Bench and Bar. Author: Bargaining Agreements: An Analysis of In re Bildisco, 45 The Alabama Lawyer, May, 1984; Bankruptcy Case Administration, 3 The Compleat Lawyer, Fall, 1986; Farm Bankruptcy: The New Chapter 12, 48 The Alabama Lawyer, January, 1987; The Plight of Secured Creditors After In Re Timbers of Inwood Forest Assoc., Ltd., 94 Commercial Law Journal, Spring, 1989. Instructor, Business Law, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1981-1982. Law Clerk to Director, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1976. Adjunct Professor, Commercial Law, University of Alabama Law School, 2000—. Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 1975. Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1977. Standing Trustee in Bankruptcy for Chapter 7, 11 and 12, 1980—. Member, State Board of Education 1991-1994. Chairman, Governor's Commission on School Violence, 1994. Vice Chairman, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, 1995-1999. Member, Board of Directors, Huntsville Arts Council, 2000-2002. Member, Board of Directors, Alabama Supercomputer Authority, 2002—. Member, Presidents Committee on the Arts (White House Appointment), 2000—.