Law School
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Princeton University, A.B., with honors, 1982
Memberships
Memphis, Tennessee (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1994 and 1999-2000; Secretary, 1999-2000; President, 1993-1994, and Director, 1987-1995, Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Board of Governors, 1994-1997; Chair, Board of Governors Finance Committee, 1996-1997; Member, House of Delegates, 1991-1997, 2000—; Cabinet and Executive Council, 1988-1990, 1991-1997, Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; American Bar Foundation; American Law Institute
Biographical
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Secured Transactions. Articles/Symposium Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to Judge Harry W. Wellford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1985-1986. Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis School of Law, 1988-1989. Editor-in-Chief: Tennessee Ethics Handbook, 1990—; Tennessee Local Rules of Court. Co-Author: Tennessee Survey, MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Libel Law, 1998—; Tennessee Survey, MLRC 50-State Survey: Employment Libel and Privacy Law, 1999—; Time for a Change? The Proposed Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct, Part 1, Tennessee Bar Journal, March/April 1998; Updating Ethics? The Proposed Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct, Part 2, Tennessee Bar Journal, May/June 1998. Author: Rule 11 Comes to Tennessee: The Emerging State Law of Sanctions, Tennessee Bar Journal, 1992. Certified Civil Mediator (Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 31). Member, Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1998—. Member, Defense Counsel Section, Media Law Resource Center. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Tennessee Bar Foundation. (Resident, Memphis, Tennessee Office)