Of Counsel - 2001. Practices Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense, Appellate Practice, Labor Law, Professional Malpractice

EDUCATION

• 1986 – Vanderbilt University, Order of the Coif – JD
• 1970 – Harvard University - MD
• 1965 – Holy Cross College – AB

ADMISSIONS

• 1986 - Tennessee Bar
• 1988 – U.S. District Court
• 1989 – 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 1990 – U.S. Supreme Court

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 1984-1986 - Member – Vanderbilt Law Review
• 1985 – Author: “Quick Termination of Insubstantial Civil Rights Claim: Qualified Immunity and Procedural Fairness,” 38 Vanderbilt Law Review 1543
• 1986-1987 – Law Clerk – U.S. District Court, Middle Tennessee
• 1987-1988 – Law Clerk – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• 1989-1992 – Lecturer in Law, Vanderbilt University
• 1990-1992 – Associate Member, Harry Phillips Inns of Court
• 1991 – Chair, Federal Courts Committee, Nashville Bar Association
• 1991-1995 – Deputy Co-Chair, Federal Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, U.S. District Court, Middle Tennessee
• Member – Nashville Bar Association
• Member – Nashville Bar Foundation
• Member – American Bar Association
• Member – Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
• Member – Association of Trial Lawyers of America