Admitted
1981, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Ninth Circuits; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Michigan, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Tennessee, B.S., with highest honors, 1977
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; Federal Communications Bar Association.
Biographical
Order of the Coif. Articles and Executive Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1979-1980. Faculty Member, Practising Law Institute, Cable Television Law, 1994, 1995 and 1997. Author: Local Government and Industry: An Uneasy Balance, 2 Telecommunications Reports International Journal 1 (Winter 1998); Some Thoughts on Federalism in a World of Convergence, 2000 Law Review of Michigan State University Detroit College of Law 223 (Spring 2000). Co-Author: The Telecommunications Act of 1996; What It Means to Local Governments (National League of Cities, 1996). Author: Keeping the Gateway Open, Telematics (Jan. 1988); A Pragmatic Look at Social Contracts and Price Caps, Telematics (Oct. 1987); The D.C. Circuit's Detariffing Decision: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, Telematics (Aug./Sept. 1985). Judicial Clerk, The Honorable John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981. Attorney, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., 1981-1988. Partner, Miller & Holbrooke, 1988-1994. (Washington, D.C. Office)