Education:

• Vanderbilt University, B.A. (cum laude)
• Cornell University, J.D.
  
  

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Charles Clark Inn of Court
• Hinds County Bar Association (Honorary)
  
  

Areas of Expertise:

• Government Contracts
• Military Law

Professional Experience:

• The Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia (Contract Law Department)

• The Judge Advocate General's Corps, US Army, 30 years in a variety of postings worldwide
  
  

Publications:

• "Lessons Learned by a New Dean" 36 University of Toledo Law Review 151 (2004)

• "Law School Faculty as Mentors" The Bencher, Jan/Feb 2006
  
  
• "Advancing Professionalism During Law School" The Mississippi Lawyer, Jul/Aug/Sep 2007
  
  

Lectures, Panels, and Presentations

• Remarks, Bar Administration Ceremony, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• "The Adoption Project" Mississippi Attorney General's Continuing Legal Education Seminar, June 2006
• "Mississippi's Castle Law" Warren County Bar Association, September 2006
• Keynote Address, Naturalization Proceedings, United States District Court, Nothern District of Mississippi, December 2006
• "The Role of Clinical Education in Legal Education" MCSOL Medical/Legal Continuing Education Seminar, March 2007
• "Legal Aid Program" Mississippi Attorney General's Continuing Legal Education Seminar, June 2007

Law School Activities

• Faculty Appointments Commitee, ex officio

Professional Activities

• Member, Professionalism Committee, Mississippi Bar, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Member, Diversity Committee, Hinds County Bar Association 2005 - 2007
• Member, Mississippi Legal Services Foundation, 2007, 2008
• Member (ex officio), Mississippi Access to Justice Commission 2006, 2007, 2008
• Member (ex officio), Mississippi Supreme Court Commission on Impaired Lawyers, 2006 - 2007
• American Bar Association, Section on Legal Education
• Member of American Bar Association Site Team for Ohio Northern University Law School, November 2006
• Member, Strategic Planning Group, Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program of the Mississippi Bar, 2008

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Missouri
• US Supreme Court
• US Tax Court