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Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Tennessee, 1976

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 1976

All Appellate Courts of Tennessee, 1976

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1985

United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2004

United States Supreme Court, 1992

Education

University of Tennessee at Martin, Bachelor of Science, with high honors, 1973

Memphis State University, School of Law,  1975

Honors & Awards

American College of Trial Lawyers, 2005

The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Tennessee Chapter

Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation

Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation

Listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation since 2003

Listed in Super Lawyers for Alternative Dispute Resolution

Named by Super Lawyers as a Top 100 Tennessee Attorneys in the Mid-South since 2006

Martindale=Hubbell- AV rating

Named by Best Lawyers in America as “Lawyer of the Year 2012-Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Memphis”

Named by Best Lawyers in America as “Lawyer of the Year 2016-Medical Malpractice Litigation-Defendants, Memphis”