Education:
A.B., Duke University (1968)
J.D., University of Mississippi (1971)

Bar and Court Admissions:
Licensed to Practice in the State of
   Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the
   Fifth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
United States District Court for the
   Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the
   Southern District of Mississippi
All Mississippi State Courts
Admitted Pro Hac Vice in courts in
   numerous states, including Alabama,
   Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia,
   Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee,
   Wisconsin and Virginia

Professional Organizations:
American Bar Association: Franchise
   Forum, Litigation Section
Mississippi Bar Association
Arbitrator, National Association of
   Securities Dealers
Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court
   of Appeals

Recognitions/ Accomplishments:
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register for
   Preeminent Lawyers: Commercial
   Litigation, Franchise Law, Personal
   Injury
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Rated
Mississippi Law Journal: Research
   Editor, Editor-In-Chief (1970-1971)
Numerous presentations at seminars
   sponsored by American Bar
   Association, Mississippi Bar
   Association, American Franchisee
   Association and others

Cases of Note:
Carter Equipment Co. v. John Deere
   Industrial Equipment Co., 681 F.2d
   386 (Fifth Cir. 1982)
Pursue Energy Corp. v. Southern
   Natural Gas Co., 781 F.2d 1079 (Fifth
   Cir. 1986)
United States v. Lawrence County
   School District, 799 F.2d 1031 (Fifth
   Cir. 1986)
Shivangi v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.,
   825 F.2d 885 (Fifth Cir. 1987)

Primary Practice Areas:
Franchise and Distribution
Business Transactions
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury
Arbitration and Mediation