University of Tennessee (B.S., 1977; M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1980),
Beta Gamma Sigma.
Admitted to Tennessee Bar, 1980;
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1981;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1982;
U.S. Supreme Court, 2005;
U.S. District Court, Middle and Western District of Tennessee, 2006.
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Outstanding Performance in Creditors Rights
Member: Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Associations.
Past President of the Board of Directors for Good Shepherd Counseling Center which provides christian based marriage and family counseling.
Past President of the Board of Directors for East Tennessee Christian Services (now known as Tennessee Children's Home) a local foster care and adoption agency.
Elder at the Hardin Valley Church of Christ.
