Admitted
1977, Mississippi
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
University of Mississippi, B.A., 1972
Memberships
Hinds County and American (Member: Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Forum on Franchising; Committees on Trial Practice, Intellectual Properties Litigation and Products Liability Litigation; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Executive Committee, Health Law Section, 1993, Chair, 1994-1995); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Lamar Order; American Health Lawyers Association; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; International Association of Defense Counsel
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1977. President, Associated Student Body, University of Mississippi, 1971-1972. Law Clerk, Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1977-1978. Co-Author: The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 in Constitutional Perspective, 47 Miss. L.J. 365 (1976); Chapter 26 Products Liability 50 State Handbook (West 1994-1995 ed.); Note, 47 Miss. L.J. 156 (1976). Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation). Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Military
U.S. Army, Adjutant General Corps, 1972-1974