ATTORNEY

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Biography:

Born Clarksdale, Mississippi, December 27, 1943

Education:

• University of Mississippi (B. A., 1965; J. D., 1972)
• Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi.
• Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1972.
• Recipient, Law Alumnus of the Year, 1993.

Courts / Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi Bar, Admitted 1972
• Capital Area Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award – 2014
• MS Bar Association- Distinguished Service Award – 2012
• MS Business Journal – Attorney of the Year – 2012
• The Mississippi Bar (Secretary, Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1979; Fellow, Young Lawyers Section, 1989)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1993)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (Trial Academy Faculty, 1990; Director-elect, 1996; Director, 1997;)
• Chairman, Advocacy, Practice and Procedure Committee, 1991-1992
• Mississippi Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1990-1993; President-Elect, 1997-1998; President, 1998-1999)
• Mississippi Supreme Court, Advisory Committee on Rules, 1991-2007
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate; President, Mississippi Chapter, 1999)
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Defense Research Institute (Mississippi Chairman, 1991-1996).
• American Bar Association
• Capt., U.S. Army, 1965-1969