PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 1991 - to present
Mayer & Beal
Atlanta, Georgia Partner. The firm emphasizes Securities, Libel, Personal Injury, Business Torts, and General Commercial Litigation.

1976 to May 1991
Mayer, Nations & Yates
Atlanta, Georgia Partner.

1973 to 1976
Huie, Brown & Ide
(presently Kutak, Rock & Campbell) Atlanta, Georgia
Associate Attorney.

EDUCATION

1969 to 1973
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
SCHOOL OF LAW Juris Doctor 1973 Teaching Quizmaster 1972-1973.

1965 to 1969
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1969.

BAR AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Master, Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court
• Chairman, Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association (1987-1988)
• Adjunct Professor, Emory Law School (1983-1990)
• Director, Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy (1984-1985)
• Board of Directors, Atlanta Bar Association (1987-1988); Chairman, Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee
  (1993-1994)
• Executive Committee, Lawyer's Club of Atlanta (1984-1985)
• Member, State Bar of Georgia and Texas
• NASD Arbitrator/ Certified Mediator Georgia Office of
  Dispute Resolution
• Member, American College of Civil Trial Mediators (1998)