Admitted: 1974, Arkansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eighth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee; 1995, Tennessee
Law School: University of Arkansas, J.D.
Member: Arkansas (Student Member, Environmental Law Committee, 1973; Member: House of Delegates, 1979-1980; Tort Reform Committee, 1980), Tennessee and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman: Amicus Curiae Committee, 1981; Board of Governors, 1980-1983); Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biography: Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 1985; Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1986; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1991; Who's Who in the World, 1993; Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 1996; Who's Who in Tennessee, 1991; Mid-South Super Lawyers, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Top 100 lawyers in Tennessee, 2008, 2011; Top 50 lawyers in Memphis, 2008, 2010, 2011; Tennessee's Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2010, ATLA; listed, Best Lawyers in America, Woodward & White, 2011, in Personal Injury and Product Liability. Recipient: ATLA Legal Essay Award, 1973; American Jurisprudence Awards in Environmental Law, Administrative Law and Jurisprudence; Rotary International Foundation Group Study Exchange Award, Japan, 1979; Blue Ribbon Selection Panel, Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2008, 2010. Member: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2001; National Safety Council, 2010. Author: Chapter 9, "Personal Injury Cases: Calculating and Proving Damages," National Business Institute, 2007; Chapter 1, "Evidence: Strategies for Finding, Preserving and Using Evidence to Support Your Case," National Business Institute, December 2007; "The Code of the Warrior," 2006; "Maxims," 2010.
Born: San Francisco, California, October 14, 1947