Engaged in the full-time practice of law with primary emphasis on civil litigation, including professional liability, personal injury, insurance coverage, small business, and landlord tenant disputes, since 1984.

Education:
Wake Forest University, B.A., Biology, 1976, Distinguished Military Graduate, President’s Trophy.
Emory University, J.D., 1984, Distinguished Service Award.

Current Professional Affiliations and Activities:
Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1984 and admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Georgia as well as the U.S.
Supreme Court.

General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia, Immediate Past Chair 2003-04, Executive Committee, 1999-2004, Trustee, 2004.

Advisory Committee on Legislation, State Bar of Georgia, 1999-2005.

Certified Mediator and Neutral, Closure ADR Group, Atlanta, GA.

Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, DeKalb Bar Association, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, Old Warhorse Lawyers Club, and Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Previous Professional Affiliations and Activities:
Legislative Liaison, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1999-2003.

Special Master, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia charged with distributing the proceeds of settlements from a class action toxic tort settlement and a multiple plaintiff toxic tort settlement, May through August, 2001. Registered Lobbyist, Sprint Communications, 2000-01; The Georgia Conservancy, 2001; The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, 2001; Georgia Wildlife Federation, 2001; National Wildlife Federation, 2001; Wesleyan College, 2001.

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association: Vice-President, 1993-1996; Chair, Ethics Committee, 1992-1994; Co-Chair, Legislative Committee, 1994-1995, Chair, Legislative Committee, 1996-1998; Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, 1999-2000; State Delegate to Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1997-2000.

Instructor in Northeast Regional Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Hempstead, New York, 1989; Emory University Law School Trial Techniques Program, 1987-1992, 1995 and Atlanta Bar Association's College of Trial Advocacy, 1988.

Executive Committee, Emory University School of Law Alumni Council, 2001-04.

Current Community Activities:
DeKalb Rape Crisis Center Board of Directors, 1996 - present, Chair, 2003-2006.
Decatur Rotary Club, 1990 - present, Director, 2001-2003, Program Chair, 2001-02, Paul Harris Fellow.

Previous Community Activities:
USO Council of Georgia (Executive Committee, 1987 2000, Vice-Chair, 1996, Secretary, 1997-2000).
Leadership DeKalb, 1990; Study Group Leader, 1991; Alumni Board, 1990-92.
Decatur Business Association, Treasurer, 1987, President-elect, 1988, President, 1989.
Holy Trinity Shelter for Women and Children Advisory Board, 1986-90 (Training Coordinator, 1989 1990).

Military Service:
Served as an infantry officer in the U. S. Army, 1976-1981; Airborne and Ranger qualified; twice received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service; and was honorably discharged as a Captain in September, 1981.