Practice Areas:
Insurance Defense
Medical Malpractice
Construction Law
Personal Injury

Admitted:
1981, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Military Appeals and U.S. Court of Military Review

Law School:
University of Mississippi, J.D.

Member:

American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
Grenada County Bar (President, 2003), Fifth Circuit and Federal Bar Associations
The Mississippi Bar (Chairman: Hospital Law Section, 2004-2005; Military Affairs Committee, 2011-2012, 2015; Co-Chair, Mississippi Code of Military Justice Revision Committee)
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Editorial Board)

Selected by his peers to be included in the 22nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants.

Author:

“The Medical Malpractice Primer for the Community Hospital
Defense Attorney”, Vol. 32, No. 1, The MDLA Quarterly, Spring 2008.

“Keeping Lethal Force Legal”, Vol. LVI, The Mississippi Lawyer, October-December 2009.

Biography:
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Chairman, Honor Council, University of Mississippi School of Law, 1981

Birthplace:
Pascagoula, Mississippi

Military Service:
Retired, Mississippi Army National Guard
State Judge Advocate, Mississippi Army National Guard, 2013-2016
Chairman of Military Affairs Committee of Bar
Deployed, 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Camp Taji, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom 9.1                    Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal