Admitted
1972, Georgia; 1991, South Carolina
Law School
University of Georgia, J.D., cum laude, 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Augusta State University, B.A., 1969; University of Dijon, Dijon, France
Memberships
Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chair, General Practice and Trial Section, 1981-1982; Chair, Georgia Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1983-1986); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Life Member; Vice President, 1978-1984; Treasurer, 1984-1986; Secretary, 1987-1989; President-Elect, 1996-1997, President, 1997-1998); Southern Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member; Chair, Environmental and Toxic Tort Section, 1989-1990; State Delegate, 1990-1996)
Biographical
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Author: Products Liability Law in Georgia: Is Change Coming? 10 Georgia State Bar Journal 353, 1974; Proving Causation, Trial Magazine, October 1988. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., 1972-1974. Trustee: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Georgia, 1981-1982; Roscoe Pound Institute; Chair, Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest, 1996-1998. President, The Melvin Belli Society, 2002-2003. Fellow: Georgia Bar Foundation; Georgia Legal History Foundation (Trustee, 2000—); International Society of Barristers.