Admitted
1954, New York; 1955, Tennessee; 1958, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee; 1963, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
Law School
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, LL.B., 1952
Law School Graduation Year
1952
Memberships
Knoxville (President, 1975), Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Biographical
Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Listed in: The Best Lawyers In America, 1983-2003. Editor-in-Chief, Tennessee Law Review, 1952. Nominated for Appointment to the Supreme Court by the Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission, 1998. Director of Law, City of Knoxville, 1962-1965. Mayor of Knoxville, 1964-1965. Trial Counsel, City of Knoxville, 1965-1972. Founder and Lecturer, Crossley Bar Review Course, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, 1959-1997. Charter Member, Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. Member, Supreme Court Commission on the Future of the Tennessee Judicial System, 1993-1996. Member, Dean's Circle, University of Tennessee College of Law. Certified Rule 31 Mediator, Tennessee Supreme Court. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization)