Education:

• University of Southern Mississippi
  Bachelor of Science, Political Science, magna cum laude, August 1995
  
  
• Mississippi College School of Law
  Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 1998
  

Judicial Clerkship:

• (late) Presiding Justice Michael D. Sullivan of the Mississippi Supreme Court, 1998-1999
  

Areas of expertise :

• Appellate Advocacy
• Legal Writing
  
  

Professional experience:

• Directory of Advocacy, Mississippi College School of Law, July 2005-present
• Director of CLE and MLi Press, Mississippi College School of Law, January 2005-September 2005
• Associate, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, May 2003-January 2005
• Associate, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, September 1999-April 2003
  
  

bar admissions :

• Choctaw Tribal Court
  
• Mississippi State Courts
  
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Services
  
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
  
  

professional memberships :

• American Bar Association
• Association of Legal Writing Directors
• Federal Bar Association
• Hinds County Bar Association
• Jackson Young Lawyers
• Legal Writing Institute
• Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
  
  

law school service :

• Law School Committees
• Student Services Committee 2005-2006
• Strategic Planning Committee 2006-present
• Faculty Advisor
• Mississippi College School of Law Moot Court Board 2005-present
• Mississippi College School of Law Defense Research Institute 2007-present
  
  

Honors and activities:

• Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition National Semifinalist, 1998
• Leadership Mississippi, Class of 2001
• Mississippi Bar, Young Lawyers Division, Former Board Member, 2004-2005