Education

• Bachelor's Degree: University of Mississippi, 1973
• Juris Doctor: University of Mississippi with honors, 1976

Legal Experience

• Admitted to Mississippi Bar, 1976
• Watkins & Eager 1976

Concentration

• Litigation, product liability defense as primary counsel in cases ranging from automotive, heavy equipment, tires, football helmets, tobacco, welding, and various other commercial and business litigation for the defense

Professional Activities

• Capital Area Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association; Litigation/General Practice Section, Co-Chair and Chair, 1988-1990; Professionalism Committee, Co-Chair and Chair, 1994-1996
• Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, Member, 2003-2006

Court Admissions

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

Distinctions

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; State Committee of Mississippi Fellows of American College of Trial Lawyers, Co-Chair and Chair, 2004-2008
• Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow; Board of Trustees, 2006-2009
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 1995-2012, Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, and Personal Injury Litigation
• Listed in Chambers USA—America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2002-2011, Litigation
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers®, 2006-2011, Personal Injury Defense: Products
• Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year 2011, Mass Tort Litigation, Jackson, Mississippi
• Mississippi Business Journal's top 50 Leadership in Law Class of 2010
• 2012 Benchmark Litigation: Recommended Mississippi Litigation Lawyer