Admitted
1982, North Carolina; 1983, Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuits
Law School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1977
Memberships
North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Georgia (Committee Member: Judicial Procedure and Administration, 1990-1993; Uniform Rules, 1997-1999; District 1 Representative to General Practice and Trial Section, 1993-1995); Savannah Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1990); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Regional Vice-President, 1986-1990; Assistant Editor, 1988-1990 and Editor, The Verdict, 1990-1992, Parliamentarian, 1995-1996; Treasurer, 1996-1997; Secretary, 1997-1999; Executive Vice-President, 1999-2000; President Elect, 2000-2001; President, 2001-2002); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Sections on: Toxic Environment and Pharmaceutical Torts and Products Liability; Co-Chairman, Formaldehyde Litigation Group, 1985-1993); Southern Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates.
Biographical
Author: Neurotoxicity and Formaldehyde, presented at American Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, July, 1986; How to Handle A Formaldehyde Case, Plaintiffs' Guide To Toxic Torts, Matthew Bender, 1987; The Use of Learned Treatises, The Verdict, August 1988; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome Claims, presented at American Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, July, 1990; Direct Examination of The Treating Doctor, Calendar Call, Dec. 1992; Screening the Toxic Tort Case, The Verdict, April 1993; Epidemiology for the Trial Lawyer, The Verdict, December 1998. Board of Directors, Georgia Civil Justice Association (1999-2001). (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)