Biography

Graduated from Athens High School in 1960; attended Athens College and University of Alabama School of Business.  Graduated from Alabama School of Law in 1967.  Served as Senator in the University of Alabama Student Government Association.  Elected Student Body President of the University of Alabama School of Law.  Admitted to Alabama Bar, September, 1967.

Worked for Robert B. French, Jr., a noted criminal defense attorney in Ft. Payne, Alabama for approximately a year and a half before moving to Athens and establishing a partnership with Henry W. Blizzard, who later became Circuit Judge.

• Graduated from the National College of Criminal Defense, 1979.
   
• One of the first lawyers in the State of Alabama to be certified as a Civil Trial Advocate, 1980.
   
• Graduated from the National College of Advocacy - Medical Malpractice, Harvard, 1983.
   
• Former member of American & Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
   
• Member of Board of Directors, Limestone County Military Museum & Archives.
   
• Member of Board of Directors, Limestone County Friends of the Archives.
   
• Author, When Duty Called, a collection of stories from Limestone County, Alabama World War II Veterans.
   
• Contributor to Athens News Courier.
   
• Writes fiction in his spare time.
   
• He is the father of three children.