Education

• B.A., University of Mississippi, 1983
  
• J.D., University of Mississippi, 1986
• Mississippi Law Journal, Board of Editors, 1985-1986
  
• Phi Kappa Phi

Legal Experience

• Admitted to Mississippi Bar, 1986
  
• Watkins & Eager since 1986

Professional Activities

• Defense Research Institute
  
• Capital Area Bar Association
  
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors,
  1991-1993
  
• Mississippi Bar Association

Court Admissions

• All Mississippi state and federal courts
  
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Distinctions

• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (AV Rating)
  
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Insurance Law ( 2006 - 2011, Insurance Law)

Publications

• Mississippi Section, Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide, Co-Author. New York: Aspen Publishers (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business), (since 2006)
  
• New ANSI Standard for Product-Accompanying Literature Aids in Evaluating Failure to Warn Claims, ABA Product, General Liability and Consumer Law Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2007

Seminars

• Lecturer, An Overview of Tort Reform in Mississippi, AIG Presentation, New York, New York, February, 2005
  
• Lecturer, Hurricane Forecast: Policy Storm on the Horizon, Defense Research Institute Seminar, November, 2005
  
• Lecturer, Catastrophe Management, Defense Research Institute, Insurance Roundtable, Miami Beach, Florida, May, 2006
  
• Lecturer, What do New Orleans and Kailua-Kona Have in Common? After the Floodwaters Recede and the Aftershocks Subside, the Complicated Legal Issues Rain Down, Defense Research Institute, Insurance Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2007
  
• Lecturer, "Depositions and Ethics," Effective Deposition Practice, The University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education (1996)
  
• Lecturer, "Duties Arising in Context of Primary and Excess Insurance Carriers," Insurance Law Update, Lorman Education Services (1998)