Admitted
1979, Tennessee; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Tennessee, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
Carson-Newman College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1976; Universite d'Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, F
Memberships
Knoxville, Blount County, Tennessee (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Health Law) and American (Member, Sections on Antitrust Law; Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime Committee and Health Law) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Graduate of the year, Roosevelt Inn, 1979. Member, Moot Court Board, 1978-1979. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Conflicts of Law and Criminal Law. House Member: 102nd and 103rd Tennessee General Assembly. Commissioner: Blount County, Tennessee Board of Commissioners, 1982-1990; Blount County Planning Commission, 1982-1989. Chancellor, The Diocese of East Tennessee.