PRACTICE AREAS:
Construction
Surety
Employment Law

ADMITTED:
Admitted to bar, 1988; Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1988; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1990; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1991; U.S. Supreme Court , 2005; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2007.

EDUCATION:
University of Memphis (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi (President, 1987; Vice President, 1986; Member, 1984-1987); Moot Court Board (Associate Justice, 1987; Member, 1986- 1987)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., 1981)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Air Conditioning Contractors of America, Mid South Chapter (General Counsel)
American Bar Association (Member: Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Forum Committee for the Construction Industry, Public Contracts Committee)
American Subcontractors Association (General Counsel West Tennessee Chapter, Attorney’s Council)
Memphis Bar Association
Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel
Tennessee Bar Association
Selected to the 2009 Mid South Super Lawyers

PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES:
Tennessee Practice Series, Building & Construction Documents, Vol. 12, Part 2, Chapter 12, West Publishing (1992)
Co-author of numerous articles on Construction Law topics.
Frequent lecturer on construction law topics for construction groups and organizations including American Subcontractors Association National Convention and Air Conditioning Contractors of America.