Admitted
1979, Alabama; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1988, District of Columbia and New York
Law School
University of Alabama, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Alabama, B.A., 1975; L'Université de Lille, Lille, France; L'Institut de Hautes Etudes
Memberships
Mobile County (Chairman, Federal Civil Practice Committee; Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: International Law & Practice; Litigation; Forum on Franchising) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Committee on: Arbitration; Task Force on Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution; Committee on Arbitration; Sub-Committee on Mediator Certification Standards; Executive Committee on Fee Dispute Resolution); Maritime Law Association of U.S. Commerce on Carriage of Goods by Sea (Committee on Maritime Legislation)(Proctor in Admiralty); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Biographical
Doctorate: International Law Section, Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva. Rotary International Fellowship, University of Lille, Lille, France, 1979-1980. Contributor, Tentative Draft No. 5, Restatement of Law, Foreign Relations Law of the United States, 1984. Author, The American Act of State Doctrine, 1996, Geneva Press. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Certified Commercial Arbitrator and Mediator, Certified Trainer, American Arbitration Association (Panelist, Complex Commercial Cases; Member Regional Advisory Council; Member, Panel of Neutrals; National Faculty of Arbitration Training). Co-Chair: National Panel of Arbitrators, New York Life Insurance Class Action ADR Committee; Co-Chair, National Panel of Arbitrators, Transamerica Life Insurance Company Class Action ADR Committee. Arbitrator, National Panel of Arbitrators, Sun Life Insurance Company Class Action ADR Committee.