Admitted
1980, Georgia; 1983, Alabama, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Mercer University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
American University, B.A., 1973
Memberships
State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1986-1996); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Dean's List, 1980. Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, Marine Corps Reserve Officer's Association's Non-Sibi, Sed Patriae (not for self, but for country) Award, 1999-2000. Author: Thermography... Its Admission and Use at Trial, Georgia Trial Lawyers Seminar, 1984; The Legal Responsibility of Those Who Serve Alcohol, Georgia Trial Lawyers Seminar, 1988; Alcohol: A Major Cause of Traumatic Brain Injured: N.C. Head Injury Newsletter, 1989; Insurance Coverage Concerns for the Traumatic Brain Injured, N.C. Head Injury Newsletter, 1989. Co-Author: Catastrophic Injury Cases: The Relationship of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury, Trial Diplomacy Journal, September, 1989. Alcohol: A Major Cause of Spinal Cord Injury, SCI Life, Winter, 1991; Litigating Traumatic Seizure Disorder Cases, National Trial Lawyer, May 1991. Litigating Head Trauma Cases, Wiley Law Publications, 1991. The Paralyzed Patient's Overlooked Mild or Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Summer, 1995; Methylprednisolone and the Legal Standard of Care, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Winter, 1996. Lecturer: The History of Spinal Cord Injury, Boston, 1989; The Overlap of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury, Boston, 1989; How to Present Medical Damages at the Spinal Cord Injured's Trial, Boston, 1989; Co-Chair, NSCIA's Trial Lawyers Seminar: The Spinal Cord Injury Case, Boston, 1989, New Orleans, 1992. How to Present Medical Damages at Trial, Secrets of the Tort Masters, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Panama City, Florida, 1990; Co-Chair, The Spinal Cord Injury Case, and Demonstrative Evidence San Diego, California, 1991; The Patient-Physician Relationship: Is the Right to Confidentiality Breached by the Adversarial Ex Parte Interview?; Vol. 6, Number 4, Pg. 6, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Thomas Land Publication, Spring 2001. Vice-President, Executive Committee Member and Board Member, National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Military
U.S.M.C.R., Col., 1973-1995-2001